Carlos Marqués-Marcet

Carlos Marqués-Marcet (Barcelona, 1983) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and film editor best known for his first fictional film 10,000 km.[1]

Carlos Marqués-Marcet
Carlos Marqués-Marcet
Born1983
Barcelona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Alma materPompeu Fabra University
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • film editor
Years active2006–present
Notable work

Biography

Carlos Marqués-Marcet studied Audiovisual Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona, where he had his degree in 2006. His fourth short film Udols was awarded as the best short film of the year 2008 by Cahiers du Cinéma.

In 2008 he flew to Los Angeles (California) to attend a master in Film Direction at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

His first fictional film was 10,000 km, made in Barcelona in 2014. This film won a lot of awards in some film festivals, as Málaga Film Festival, Goya Awards (best new director) or Gaudí Awards (best director), among others.[2]

Filmography

Short films
  • Amunt i avall (2006, "Up and down")
  • Fora de joc (2007, "Offsides")
  • Udols (2008, "Howls")
  • I'll be alone (2010)
  • 5456 Miles away (2010)
  • Say goodnight (2011)
  • The yellow ribbon (2012)
  • Mateix lloc, mateixa hora (2012, "Same place, same hour")

Non fiction
  • De pizarros y atahualpas (2009, "About Pizarros and Atahualpas")
  • El día que la conocimos (2012, "The day we met her")

Films

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2006 Premio Nacional de Jóvenes Creadores "Amunt i avall" Won
2014 Bisnaga de Oro Best film in Málaga Film Festival "10,000 km" Won
Bisnaga de Plata Best direction in Málaga Film Festival Won
Best New Screenwriter in Málaga Film Festival Won
Award of Film criticism Málaga Film Festival Won
2015 Gaudí Awards Best Film in non-Catalan Language Won [7]
Best Direction Won
Best Script Won
Best Film Edition Nominated
Fassbinder Award Best Revelation Film Nominated
Goya Awards Best New Director Won
2019 Bisnaga de Oro Best film in Málaga Film Festival "Los días que vendran" Won
2019 Bisnaga de Plata Best direction in Málaga Film Festival Won
2020 Gaudí Awards Best Film Won [8]
2021 Best Film for Television "La mort de Guillem" Won [9]

Notes
  1. "Rotterdam Tiger director: Carlos Marques-Marcet on 'The Days To Come'". Screendaily. Screen International. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  2. "Schedule". sxsw.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. "10,000 km | July 10, 2015 | Broad Green Pictures". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  4. "Tierra firme". www.abc.es. 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  5. Holland, Jonathan (2 February 2019). "'The Days to Come' ('Els Dies que Vindran'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  6. "Carlos Marques-Marcet triomfa al Festival de Cinema de Màlaga". www.ara.cat. 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  7. "VII Premis Gaudí". www.academiadelcinema.cat. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  8. "XII Premis Gaudí". www.academiadelcinema.cat. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  9. "XIII Premis Gaudí". www.academiadelcinema.cat. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
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