Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo (born 16 September 1981) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.[1] He won the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Realm, a feat he repeated for The Beasts.[2] He was previously nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Director for Stockholm, and the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for May God Save Us.[3][4][5] For the short film Mother, Sorogoyen won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.[6] He often works in tandem with Isabel Peña.[7]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sorogoyen and the second or maternal family name is del Amo.
Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Sorogoyen at the 33rd Goya Awards in 2019
Born
Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo

(1981-09-16) 16 September 1981
Madrid, Spain
OccupationFilm director

Biography

Born on 16 September 1981 in Madrid, Rodrigo Sorogoyen is the grandson of filmmaker Antonio del Amo.[8] Sorogoyen is known among his closest circles as Ruy.[9] His interest in filmmaking picked up upon the experience of watching Léon: The Professional, which fascinated him.[9] Graduated in history from the Complutense University of Madrid, he entered the ECAM in 2004.[8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes Ref.
20088 DatesYesYesNoCo-directed with Peris Romano[10]
2013StockholmYesYesExecutive[11]
2016May God Save UsYesYesNo[12]
2018The RealmYesYesNo[13]
2019MotherYesYesYesBased on the 2017 short film[14]
2022The BeastsYesYesYes[15]

Short Film
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes Ref.
2014El IlusoYesYesNoMedium-length film
2017MadreYesYesExecutiveShort film[16]
Disquiciones de una pareja que lleva más de seis meses y menos de un añoYesYesYesShort film
Also actor

Television
Year Title Director Writer Notes Ref.
2005 Ke no!NoYesWrote 2 episodes
2006-2007 Manolo & Benito CorporesionNoYesWrote 4 episodes
2008-2010 ImparesYesYesDirected 43 episodes and wrote 39 episodes
2010-2011 Impares premiumYesYes10 episodes
La pecera de EvaYesNo221 episodes
2012-2013 FragilesYesNoDirected 13 episodes
2015 RabiaYesNoDirected 1 episode
2020 En casaYesYesEpisode:"Una Situación Extraordinaria"
Also actor: Carlos
AntidisturbiosYesYes6-episode miniseries
Also creator and executive producer		[17]
2021Historias para no dormirYesYesEpisode: "El doble"[18]
2022ApagónYesNoEpisode: "Negación"[19]

References
  1. "Rodrigo Sorogoyen, el favorito: "No he procesado las nominaciones"". La Vanguardia. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  2. "Premios Goya 2019: lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es (in Spanish). February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  3. "Stockholm". PremiosGoya.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  4. "Que Dios nos perdone". PremiosGoya.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  5. "El reino". PremiosGoya.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  6. "Madre". PremiosGoya.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  7. Poncini, Helena (17 November 2019). "Rodrigo Sorogoyen e Isabel Peña, una amistad a prueba de guiones". El País.
  8. Gonzálvez, Paula M. "19 cosas que debes saber de Rodrigo Sorogoyen, director de 'El reino' y 'Madre'". HuffPost.
  9. Estirado, Laura (11 February 2023). "Así es Sorogoyen: un padre actor, un abuelo director y el mismo tatuaje que su socia". El Periódico de España. Prensa Ibérica.
  10. Holland, Jonathan (21 April 2008). "8 Dates". Variety.
  11. Holland, Jonathan (20 November 2013). "Stockholm: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  12. Holland, Jonathan (20 September 2016). "'May God Save Us' ('Que Dios Nos Perdone'): Film Review | San Sebastian 2016". The Hollywood Reporter.
  13. Harvey, Dennis (17 January 2019). "Palm Springs Review: 'The Realm'". Variety.
  14. Lodge, Guy (1 September 2019). "Film Review: 'Madre'". Variety.
  15. Ide, Wendy (27 May 2022). "'The Beasts': Cannes Review". ScreenDaily.
  16. "Madre, el corto de Rodrigo Sorogoyen, que obtuvo dos premios en Alcine 2017, opta a los Oscars". La Luna del Henares. 22 January 2019.
  17. Estrada, Javier (21 October 2020). "¿Es Antidisturbios la mejor serie española que puedas ver?". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  18. Martínez, Beatriz. "'Historias para no dormir': Fecha, tráiler y los cuatro capítulos del remake que llega en otoño a Amazon". Fuera de Series.
  19. Molina, B. (5 July 2022). "Todo sobre 'Apagón', la nueva serie apocalíptica de Movistar Plus+". El Confidencial.
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