Agustí Villaronga
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Agustí Villaronga Riutort (əɣusˈti ˌviʎəˈɾoŋgə) (born 1953) is a Balearic Spanish film director
, screenwriter
and actor. He has directed eleven films since 1976
. His film El niño de la luna
was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
.
In 2011, he won the Goya Award for Best Director
for Pa negre (Black Bread)
. The film has been selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 84th Academy Awards
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and actor. He has directed eleven films since 1976
1976 in film
The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film...
. His film El niño de la luna
Moon Child (1989 film)
Moon Child is a 1989 Spanish fantasy film directed by Agustí Villaronga. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Maribel Martín - Victoria* Lisa Gerrard - Georgina* Enrique Saldana - David* Lucia Bosé - Directora* David Sust - Edgar...
was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
1989 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Wim Wenders *Christine Gouze-Renal*Claude Beylie*Georges Delerue*Hector Babenco*Krzysztof Kieślowski*Peter Handke*Renée Blanchar*Sally Field*Silvio Clementelli-Feature film competition:* Chimère by Claire Devers...
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In 2011, he won the Goya Award for Best Director
Goya Award for Best Director
The Goya Award for Best Director is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.-1980s:...
for Pa negre (Black Bread)
Black Bread
Black Bread is a 2010 Catalan-language Catalan drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga. The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements of two other works by him, Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells and Sic transit Gloria Swanson.The film won nine Goya...
. The film has been selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 84th Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
The 84th Academy Awards ceremony will honor the best films of 2011 and will take place on February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It will be televised in the United States on ABC. The host was originally going to be Eddie Murphy. However, after Brett Ratner resigned as...
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Filmography
- Anta mujer (1976)
- Al mayurka (1980)
- Laberint (1980)
- Tras el cristalTras el cristalTras el cristal is a 1987 Spanish art house horror film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga and starring Günter Meisner, Marisa Paredes and David Sust. The plot follows an ex-Nazi sadistic child abuser who is now paralyzed and depending on an iron lung to live. A young man who comes to...
(1987) - El niño de la lunaMoon Child (1989 film)Moon Child is a 1989 Spanish fantasy film directed by Agustí Villaronga. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Maribel Martín - Victoria* Lisa Gerrard - Georgina* Enrique Saldana - David* Lucia Bosé - Directora* David Sust - Edgar...
(1989) - Le passager clandestin (1995)
- 99.9 (1997)
- El marThe Sea (2000 film)The Sea is a 2000 Spanish film directed by Agustí Villaronga, starring Roger Casamayor. It is based on a novel by Blai Bonet. The plot, set in Mallorca, follows the fates of three childhood friends traumatized by the violence they witnessed during the Spanish Civil War. Ten years later, they are...
(2000) - Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesinoAro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesinoAro Tolbukhin; En la mente del asesino is a 2002 Spanish film, written and directed by Isaac-Pierre Racine, Agustí Villaronga, and Lydia Zimmermann. It was the 2003 Mexican submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
(2002) - Fuck Them AllFuck Them All"Fuck Them All" is a 2005 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the lead single from her sixth studio album, Avant que l'ombre..., and was released on 14 March 2005. Like all tracks from the album, the lyrics were written by the singer with music composed by Laurent...
videoclip for French singer Mylène FarmerMylène FarmerMylène Farmer, , born Marie-Hélène Jeanne Gautier, , , is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author....
(2005) - Després de la pluja (2007)
- Pa negreBlack BreadBlack Bread is a 2010 Catalan-language Catalan drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga. The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements of two other works by him, Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells and Sic transit Gloria Swanson.The film won nine Goya...
(2010)