Gerardo Herrero Pérez-Gamir (born 28 January 1953) is a Spanish

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and producer. He is a prolific promoter of

international coproduction A co-production is a joint venture between two or more different production companies for the purpose of film production, television production, video game development, and so on. In the case of an international co-production, production companie ...

s and collaborations between Spain and Hispanic American countries. From 1993 to 1994, he chaired the

Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain The Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain ( es, Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, links=no) is a professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of Spanish cinema. Founded in 198 ...

. His 1997 film '' Comanche Territory'' was entered into the

47th Berlin International Film Festival The 47th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1997. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' directed by Miloš Forman. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian film ...

. Herrero founded Tornasol Films together with Javier López Blanco in 1987. He has often co-produced in tandem with Uruguayan producer Mariela Besuievsky, with whom he has also shared a domestic partnership.

Filmography as film director

*1994: '' Desvío al paraíso'' *1995: '' Malena es un nombre de tango'' (''Malena Is a Name from a Tango'') *1997: '' Territorio Comanche'' (''Comanche Territory'') *1998: '' Frontera Sur'' *1999: '' América mía'' *2000: '' Las razones de mis amigos'' *2001: '' El lugar donde estuvo el paraiso'' *2003: '' El misterio Galíndez'' (''The Galíndez File'') *2004: '' El principio de Arquímedes'' (''The Archimedes Principle'') *2004: '' Ni locas, ni terroristas'' *2005: '' Heroína'' (''Heroine'') *2006: ''

Los aires difíciles ''Rough Winds'' ( es, Los aires difíciles, links=no) is a 2006 Spanish melodrama film directed by Gerardo Herrero adapting the novel ''Los aires difíciles'' by Almudena Grandes. It features José Luis García Pérez, Cuca Escribano and Carmen ...

'' (''Rough Winds'') *2007: '' Una mujer invisible'' *2008: ''

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'' *2011: '' Silencio en la nieve'' (''Frozen Silence'') *2013: '' Lejos del mundo'' *2013: '' Crimen con vista al mar'' *2015: '' La playa de los ahogados''

Filmography as film producer

*1988: '' La boca del lobo''. by Francisco J. Lombardi *1990: '' Caídos del cielo''. by Francisco J. Lombardi *1992: ''

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*1993: '' Le journal de Lady M.'' by

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*1994: '' Desvío al paraíso''. by Gerardo Herrero *1995: ''

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*1995: '' Malena es un nombre de tango''. by Gerardo Herrero *1996: '' Éxtasis''. by

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*1996: '' Bajo la piel''. by Francisco J. Lombardi *1997: ''

Cosas que dejé en La Habana ''Things I Left in Havana'' ( es, Cosas que dejé en La Habana, links=no) is a 1997 Spanish film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and co-written by Senel Paz. It stars Violeta Rodríguez, Jorge Perugorría and Kiti Mánver. Plot Three sis ...

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*1997: ''

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*1997: '' Mensaka''. by

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*1998: '' El Pianista''. by

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*1999: '' El corazón del guerrero''. by

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*2000: ''

Nueces para el amor ''Nuts for Love'' ( es, Nueces para el amor) is a 2000 Argentine drama film, directed by Alberto Lecchi. Cast * Ariadna Gil - Alicia * Gastón Pauls - Marcelo * - Alicia de joven / Cecilia * Nicolás Pauls - Marcelo de joven * Nancy Duplá ...

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*2000: '' El otro barrio''. by

*2000: '' Lista de Espera''. by

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*2000: '' Las razones de mis amigos''. by Gerardo Herrero *2000: ''

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*2000: '' Tinta roja''. by Francisco J. Lombardi *2000: ''

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*2000: '' Le harem de Mme Osmane'' by De Nadir Moknèche. *2001: ''

El hijo de la novia ''Son of the Bride'' ( es, El hijo de la novia) is a 2001 Argentine comedy drama film directed by Juan José Campanella and written by Campanella and Fernando Castets. The executive producers were Juan Vera and Juan Pablo Galli, and it was produ ...

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*2001: '' Sin vergüenza''. by

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*2001: '' Hombres felices''. by Roberto Santiago *2001: '' L’amore imperfetto''. by Giovanni Davide Maderna *2002: '' Lugares comunes''. by

*2002: '' El último tren''. Corazón de fuego. by

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*2002: '' Rosa la china''. by

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*2002: '' Aunque estés lejos''. by Juan Carlos Tabio *2003: '' La vida mancha''. by

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*2003: '' El misterio Galíndez/The Galindez File''. by Gerardo Herrero *2003: '' En la ciudad''. by

*2004: ''

Luna de Avellaneda ''Moon of Avellaneda'' ( es, Luna de Avellaneda, also known as ''Avellaneda's Moon'' in English) is a 2004 Argentine comedy-drama film directed by Juan José Campanella, and written by Campanella, Fernando Castets and Juan Pablo Domenech. The film ...

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*2004: ''

La vida que te espera ''Your Next Life'' ( es, La vida que te espera, links=no) is a 2004 Spanish rural thriller and romantic drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. It stars Juan Diego, Luis Tosar and Marta Etura alongside Clara Lago, Celso Bugallo and Víc ...

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*2004: ''

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*2004: ''

Machuca ''Machuca'' is a 2004 internationally co-produced film co-written and directed by Andrés Wood. It stars Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, and Aline Küppenheim alongside Federico Luppi. Set in Santiago during the months leading u ...

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*2004: '' Seres queridos''. by Dominic Harari *2004: ''

Inconscientes ''Unconscious'' ( es, Inconscientes, links=no) is a 2004 period comedy film directed by Joaquín Oristrell starring Leonor Watling and Luis Tosar, also featuring Mercedes Sampietro, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Núria Prims and Alex Brendemühl in support ...

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*2004: ''

Perder es cuestión de método ''The Art of Losing'' ( es, Perder es cuestión de método, links=no) is a 2004 Spanish-Colombian thriller film directed by Sergio Cabrera from a screenplay by Jorge Goldenberg based on the novel by Santiago Gamboa. It stars Daniel Giménez Cacho ...

''. by Sergio Cabrera *2005: '' El penalti más largo del mundo''. by Roberto Santiago *2005: ''

Hormigas en la boca ''Ants in the Mouth'' ( es, Hormigas en la boca, links=no) is a 2005 Spanish-Cuban thriller film directed by Mariano Barroso consisting of an adaptation of the novel ''Amanecer con hormigas en la boca'' by Miguel Barroso. It stars Eduard Fernández ...

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*2005: '' Heroína''. by Gerardo Herrero *2005: ''

''. by Gerardo Herrero *2009: '' Castillos de papel''. by Salvador García Ruiz *2009: ''

El secreto de sus ojos ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' ( es, link=no, El secreto de sus ojos) is a 2009 Argentinian crime drama film directed, co-written, produced and edited by Juan José Campanella, based on the novel ''La pregunta de sus ojos'' (''The Question in Thei ...

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*2012: '' Todos tenemos un plan'' by Ana Piterbarg *2016: '' Que Dios nos perdone'' by Rodrigo Sorogoyen *2018: ''

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' is a 2018 adventure- comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam and Tony Grisoni, loosely based on the 1605/1615 novel ''Don Quixote'' by Miguel de Cervantes. Gilliam tried to make the film m ...

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Terry Gilliam Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including ''Time Bandits'' (1981), ''B ...

*2021: '' El sustituto'' by Oscar Aibar

References

External links

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Coproducciones, por Gerardo Herrero
2001,

Instituto Cervantes Instituto Cervantes (the Cervantes Institute) is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the government of Spain, Spanish government in 1991. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of ''Don Quixote'' and perhaps the ...

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