Daniel Monzón Jerez (born 1968) is a Spanish film writer and director.
Biography
He was born in
Palma, Majorca
Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca ...
in 1968.
He started as a
film critic
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outl ...
, collaborating with the magazine ''
Fotogramas
''Fotogramas'' is Spanish digital and print film magazine which has been in circulation since 1946. It is one of the early film magazines in Spain.
History
Founded in Barcelona, it was first published on 15 November 1946 by Antonio Nadal-Rodó a ...
''.
He also featured alongside as reviewer in the TVE's film show ''
Días de cine
''Días de cine'' is a weekly Spanish film review television programme which has been broadcast on La 2 of Televisión Española since 9 October 1991.
The program was created by César Abeytua, inspired by the film by Woody Allen ''Radio Days'' ...
''.
After taking part in the writing of the 1994 film ', he made his debut as feature film director with the film ''
Heart of the Warrior''.
He has since directed films such as ''
Celda 211'', ''
El Niño
El Niño (; ; ) is the warm phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific (approximately between the International Date ...
'', ''
The Kovak Box
''The Kovak Box'' is a 2006 psychological thriller film directed by Daniel Monzón and starring Timothy Hutton, Lucía Jiménez, Annette Badland and David Kelly. The film concerns an American horror/science fiction novelist who finds the plot of ...
'', ''
Yucatán
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'', and ''
Outlaws''.
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Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Spanish film directors
1968 births
Living people
Best Director Goya Award winners
Spanish film critics
21st-century Spanish screenwriters
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