Michel Gaztambide (born 1959) is a French-born

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. ...

based in the

Basque Country Basque Country may refer to: * Basque Country (autonomous community), as used in Spain ( es, País Vasco, link=no), also called , an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain (shown in pink on the map) * French Basque Country o ...

, Spain. He is a recurring collaborator of

Enrique Urbizu Enrique Urbizu (born 1962) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. A native of Bilbao, he was one of the few Spanish film directors who brought the film noir into the late Spanish film industry. Urbizu graduated from Universidad del País V ...

Biography

Born in 1959 in

Apt Apt. is an abbreviation for apartment. Apt may also refer to: Places * Apt Cathedral, a former cathedral, and national monument of France, in the town of Apt in Provence * Apt, Vaucluse, a commune of the Vaucluse département of France * A ...

Vaucluse Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label= Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.Pamplona Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above ...

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

, Spain. He later relocated to

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

. Early writing credits include ' and ''Chatarra''. His work in

Julio Medem Julio Medem Lafont (born 21 October 1958) is a Basque film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter. Biography Medem was born on 21 October 1958 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when ...

's 1992 film ''

Vacas ''Vacas'' (English: ''Cows'') is a 1991 Spanish film, written and directed by Julio Médem. The film stars Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Ana Torrent, and Karra Elejalde. An eerie family saga set in rural Basque Country, the cryptic film follow ...

'' earned him a nomination to the

Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay The Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay (Spanish ''Premio Goya al mejor guión original'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. For the first two editions of the Goya Awards, only one award for screenplays was p ...

. After a period working in television for ETB, he returned to cinema in 2002 with the writing credits of ''

Box 507 ''Box 507'' ( es, La caja 507, links=no) is a 2002 Spanish action film directed by Enrique Urbizu. It is set in the Costa del Sol. The film was theatrically released on 23 August 2002. Cast Awards and nominations , - , align = "center" row ...

'', marking the beginning of a recurring partnership with Basque filmmaker

. The collaboration included films such as ''

Life Marks ''Life Marks'' ( es, La vida mancha, links=no) is a 2003 Spanish drama film directed by Enrique Urbizu, written by Urbizu and Michel Gaztambide and starring José Coronado, Juan Sanz and Zay Nuba. Plot Fito and his wife Juana live in the suburbs ...

'' (2003), and '' No Rest for the Wicked'' (2011; for which he won the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay) as well as television series such as ''

Gigantes In Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology, the Giants, also called Gigantes (Ancient Greek, Greek: Γίγαντες, ''Gígantes'', Γίγας, ''Gígas''), were a race of great strength and aggression, though not necessarily of great size. ...

'' and '' Libertad''. He has also worked in ' (2008), ' (2010), ' (2012), ''

Petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to t ...

'' (2018, for which he was nominated to the

Feroz Award for Best Screenplay The Feroz Award for Best Screenplay (Spanish: ''Premio Feroz al mejor guion'') is one of the annual awards given at the Feroz Awards, presented by the Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España. It was first presented in 2014 and i ...

), ''

The Influence ''The Influence'' is a studio album by American jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney, released in 1975 for Xanadu Records.X ...

'' (2019), and '' The Vault'' (2021). In 2022, he was disclosed as a co-writer of

Víctor Erice Víctor Erice Aras (; born 30 June 1940) is a Spanish film director. He is best known for his two feature fiction films, ''The Spirit of the Beehive'' (1973), which many regard as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made, and '' El Sur'' (1983 ...

's project ''

Cerrar los ojos ''Close Your Eyes'' ( es, Cerrar los ojos, links=no) is a 2023 Spanish-Argentine drama film directed by Víctor Erice from a screenplay by Erice and Michel Gaztambide which stars Manolo Solo, José Coronado, and Ana Torrent. It had its world pre ...

''.

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