Isabel Coixet
| Isabel Coixet | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Isabel Coixet Castillo 9 April 1960 Barcelona, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Known for |
My Life Without Me The Secret Life of Words |
Isabel Coixet Castillo (Catalan pronunciation: [izəˈβɛɫ kuˈʃɛt]; born 9 April 1960) is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts and commercials. Her films follow a departure from traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context, ... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “catalan auteur”.
Isabel Coixet started filming when she was given a 8mm camera on the occasion of her First Communion. After a BA degree in History at Barcelona University, Major in Eighteen and Nineteen centuries, she worked in advertising and spot writing. She won several accolades for her spots, and finally founded her own production company in 2000, Miss Wasabi Films. En 1988, Coixet made her debut as a scriptwriter and helmer in Demasiado Viejo Para Morir Joven. For this movie, she was nominated at the Goya Awards as a Best New Director.
In 1996, she made her first feature in English: Things I Never Told You (Cosas que nunca te dije). In this moving drama, the cast was made up of American actors led by Lili Taylor and Andrew McCarthy. Coixet achieved her second nomination at the Goya Awards for Best Original Screenplay. Then, in 1988, in association with a French production company, Coixet came back to a script in Spanish to direct the historical adventure A los que aman.
International success took place with the intimate drama My life without me (Mi vida sin mi, 2003), based on Nancy Kincaid’s short story, where Sarah Polley plays Ann, a young mother who decides to hide to her family she has a terminal cancer. This Spanish/Canadian coproduction was strongly praised at the Berlin International Film Festival. Coixet kept on working with Polley in a new movie: The Secret Life of Words (La Vida Secreta de las Palabras, 2005), where Tim Robbins and Javier Cámara were costars. This movie was the recipient of four Goya Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Production and Best Screenplay.
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