Oriol Paulo (born 30 July 1975) is a Spanish

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

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. He is known for crime thriller movies such as ''

The Body The Body may refer to: Literature * ''The Body'' (short story), a short story by Camillo Boito * ''The Body'' (novella), a novel written by Stephen King * ''The Body'' (Sapir novel), a novel by Richard Sapir * ''The Body'' (Kureishi novel), ...

'' (2012) and ''

The Invisible Guest ''The Invisible Guest'' ( es, Contratiempo, lit=Setback) is a 2016 Spanish mystery thriller film written and directed by Oriol Paulo. It was released in Spain on 6 January 2017. The film opened to lukewarm critical response, but was a commercial ...

'' (2016). Both films garnered international acclaim and were remade in several languages.

Career

Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

in 1975, Oriol Paulo earned a licentiate degree in audiovisual communication from the

Pompeu Fabra University Pompeu Fabra University ( ca, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, UPF, ; es, link=no, Universidad Pompeu Fabra) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. The university was created by the Autonomous Government of Catalo ...

in 1998. He studied film at the

Los Angeles Film School The Los Angeles Film School (informally LA Film School) is a for-profit college in Los Angeles, California offering associate and bachelor's degrees in majors relating to the entertainment industry. The school encompasses the Los Angeles Recordin ...

. As a scriptwriter, he wrote screenplays for small screen films such as ''Ecos'' (2006) and ''Codi 60'' (2011). He worked as writer for television series such as ' and ''El cor de la ciutat'', both broadcast on the Catalan public channel

TV3 Channel 3 or TV 3 may refer to: Television *Canal 3 (Burkina Faso), a commercial television channel in Burkina Faso *Canal 3 (Guatemala), a commercial television channel in Guatemala *Channel 3 (Algeria), a public Algerian TV channel owned by EPTV ...

. In cinema, he made himself known as a co-screenwriter alongside Guillem Morales with the thriller ''

Julia's Eyes ''Julia's Eyes'' ( es, Los ojos de Julia, links=no) is a 2010 Spanish horror and psychological thriller film directed by Guillem Morales and written by Morales and Oriol Paulo. It was produced by Guillermo del Toro, Joaquín Padró and Mar Tar ...

'' (2010), produced by

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Be ...

. But he had already made some short films such as ''McGuffin ''(1998, scriptwriter and director), ''Tapes'' (2002, scriptwriter and director) and ''Eve'' (2002, scriptwriter and director). He made his debut as feature film director with the 2012 film ''The Body'', which he also wrote. Paulo was nominated for Best New Director at the Goya Awards and won the Best Film Award at the Fantastic Film Festival in Paris for ''The Body''. In 2016 he wrote the script of ''Boy Missing'', directed by Mar Tarragona. In 2017 Paulo wrote and directed ''

'', which featured

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Barbara Lennie Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously ...

and

José Coronado José María Coronado García (born 14 August 1957) is a Spanish film and television actor and former model. His performances playing (often corrupt and/or morally dubious) law enforcement officer roles have brought him some of the greatest succ ...

as lead performers. The latter film commanded a great box office performance in China. From 2016 onwards, Oriol Paulo works as the writer and director of the television series '.

Filmography

Film

Short Film

Television

References

External links

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