Spanish film director
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Berger and the second or maternal family name is
Uranga .
Pablo Berger
Born Pablo Berger Uranga
1963 (age 60–61)
Pablo Berger Uranga (born 1963) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing and writing the silent drama film
Blancanieves (2012), the black comedy films
Torremolinos 73 (2003) and
Abracadabra (2017), and the animated tragicomedy film
Robot Dreams (2023).
Life and work
Berger attended primary and secondary school in Artxanda Trueba, located on the outskirts of
Bilbao , Spain. In 1988 he directed his first
short film , Mamá (Mum ), with artistic director
Álex de la Iglesia and Ramon Barea. With the financial winnings from a grant from the Provincial Council of
Biscay , he went to study for a master’s in film at
New York University . There he directed his short film Truth and Beauty , for which he was nominated for an
Emmy Award .
After getting his Ph.D., Berger worked as a professor of management at the
New York Film Academy . Thereafter, he began a parallel career as a
publicist and producer of music, culminating in 2003 with his first film
Torremolinos 73 ,
[1] with
Javier Cámara ,
Fernando Tejero and
Candela Peña .
Torremolinos 73 received four Goya nominations and won Berger the Golden Biznaga at the
Málaga Film Festival , as well as multiple national and international prizes. The movie became one of the box office successes of the year in Spain.
In 2012, Berger premiered his second film
Blancanieves (Snow White ), which was the Spanish representative at the
85th Academy Awards for
Best Foreign Language Film . Blancanieves won ten
Goya Awards , including
Best Film and
Best Original Screenplay . It also earned Berger the Special Jury Prize at the
San Sebastián International Film Festival . It was also nominated for the
César Award for Best Foreign Film , as well as two
European Film Awards for
Best Film and
Best Director .
In 2017, Berger premiered
Abracadabra , a comedy starring again
Maribel Verdú . This was his second film produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures. It became a critical success and received 8 nominations at the
32nd Goya Awards .
Pablo Berger is a Knight of the
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. In 2018, Berger was invited to become a member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
[2]
In May 2023, Berger premiered
Robot Dreams , his first animated film, at the
2023 Cannes Film Festival . The film was based on the graphic novel by American author
Sara Varon , and was produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures. The film was sold internationally by Elle Driver and screened at the
Annecy International Animation Film Festival , where it won the Contrechamp Grand Prix. It won the
European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film and the
Annie Award for Best Independent Animated Feature , as well as two
Goya Awards for
Best Animated Film and
Best Adapted Screenplay . In 2024, Berger was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Robot Dreams , but lost to
Hayao Miyazaki 's
The Boy and the Heron .
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
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Pablo Berger biography page at IMDb
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" 'Blancanieves', Premios Ariel a la Mejor Película Iberoamericana" .
Fotogramas . 30 May 2013.
^ Desowitz, Bill (2024-01-06).
"Animated Bromance 'Robot Dreams' Perfectly Recreates '80s NYC" .
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eldiario.es . 4 February 2024.
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"La española "Robot Dreams", de Pablo Berger, premio a la mejor animación europea" .
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"La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2018" . ElHuffPost (in Spanish). 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2024-04-05 .
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"Consulta aquí la lista de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2024" . hola.com . 26 January 2024.
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"Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, May December lead pack with most nominations" . Florida Film Critics Circle . Retrieved 2024-04-05 .
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" 'Abracadabra', 'El autor', 'Handia', 'La librería' y 'Verano 1993', finalistas a la mejor película en los Forqué" . El País (in Spanish). 2017-12-05.
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^
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"And the 2014 VFCC Nominees Are …" .
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2010:
Agustí Villaronga
2011: Ángel de la Cruz, Ignacio Ferreras,
Paco Roca , and Rosanna Cecchini
2012: Javier Barreira, Gorka Magallón, Ignacio del Moral, Jordi Gasull, and Neil Landau
2013:
Alejandro Hernández and
Mariano Barroso
2014:
Javier Fesser , Claro García, and Cristóbal Ruiz
2015:
Fernando León de Aranoa
2016:
Alberto Rodríguez and
Rafael Cobos
2017:
Isabel Coixet
2018:
Álvaro Brechner
2019:
Benito Zambrano , Daniel Remón, and Pablo Remón
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2000: "Fugitivas" (Manuel Malou, Natboccara, and JJ Chaleco)
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Luz Casal and
Pablo Guerrero )
2002: "Sevillana para Carlos" (
Roque Baños )
2003: "Humans Like You" (Chop Suey)
2004: "Zambie Mameto" (
Carlinhos Brown and Mateus)
2005: "Me llaman calle" (
Manu Chao )
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Bebe and
Lucio Godoy )
2007: "Fado da saudade" (Fernando Pinto do Amaral and
Carlos do Carmo )
2008: "A tientas" (Woulfrank Zannou and El Langui)
2009: "Yo, también" (Guille Milkyway)
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