Pablo Berger Uranga (born 1963) is a Spanish film director born in

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, Spain.

Life and work

Pablo Berger attended primary and secondary school in Artxanda Trueba, located on the outskirts of

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, Spain. In 1988 he directed his first short

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, ''Mamá'' (''Mum'') with artistic director

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and Ramon Barea. With the financial winnings from a grant from the Provincial Council of

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, he went to study for a masters in film at

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. After getting his Ph.D., he worked as a professor of

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at the

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. Thereafter, he began a parallel career as a publicist and producer of music, culminating in 2003 with his film ''

Torremolinos 73 ''Torremolinos 73'' is a 2003 Spanish/Danish comedy film directed by Pablo Berger. Plot Alfredo López is an exasperated encyclopedia salesman for the ''Montoya Publishing House'' and lives with his faithful wife Carmen in 1973 Spain. Carmen and ...

'', with

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and Candela Peña. In 2012 he premiered his third film ''

Blancanieves ''Blancanieves'' (known as ''Blancaneu'' in Catalan) is a 2012 Spanish black-and-white silent drama film written and directed by Pablo Berger. Based on the 1812 fairy tale ''Snow White'' by the Brothers Grimm, the story is set in a romantic vis ...

'' (''Snow White''), which was the Spanish representative of the

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in 2013, in the category of

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. ''

'' won ten Goya Awards, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. It also received the trophy of the 9th edition of Bucharest International Film Festival

Filmography

*''Mamá'' (1988) *''

'' (2003) *''

'' (2012) *''

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'' (2017) He also appears as a guest in the documentary ''

Herederos de la bestia ''Herederos de la bestia'' is a 2016 Spanish documentary film directed by Diego López and David Pizarro, released on 5 May 2017. It is the first film directed by both directors. This film is a documentary on the 1995 film ''El día de la bestia' ...

'' (2016).

Footnotes

1963 births Spanish film directors People from Bilbao Living people 21st-century Spanish screenwriters {{Spain-film-director-stub