Puy Oria Rubio ( Torres del Rio,

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film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

. Some of her most recognised films are ''

Obaba ''Obaba'' is a 2005 Spanish-German drama film directed by Montxo Armendáriz based on Bernardo Atxaga's novel ''Obabakoak''. It features Pilar López de Ayala, Juan Diego Botto, Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández, and Peter Lohmeyer. ''Obaba'' ...

,'' ''

Don't Be Afraid (film) ''Don't Be Afraid'' ( es, No tengas miedo, links=no) is a 2011 Spanish drama film directed by Montxo Armendáriz based on an original story by María Laura Gargarella and Armendáriz. It stars Michelle Jenner Michelle Jenner Husson (born 14 Sept ...

'' and '' Secrets of the Heart (film)''.

Career

Oria started her film career with Elías Querejeta in ''

Letters from Alou ''Letters from Alou'' ( es, Las cartas de Alou) is 1990 Spanish film directed and written by Montxo Armendáriz. Synopsis Alou, a Senegalese man that has entered Spain illegally, can only find occasional jobs due to his situation. Thanks to ...

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Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendariz (born as Juan Ramón Armendariz Barrios; 27 January 1949 in Olleta, Navarra, Spain)Torres, '' ''Diccionario Espasa Cine Español'' p. 83 is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''Las cartas de Alou'' won at the San ...

,1990). Then, she was involved in production work on movies such as ''

Dream of Light ''Dream of Light'' ( es, El sol del membrillo, lit. "The Sun of the Quince"), also known as ''The Quince Tree Sun'', is a 1992 Spanish narrative/documentary film directed by Victor Erice. The film centers on Spanish painter Antonio López García ...

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,1992), '' Jamón, Jamón'' (

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, 1992), ''

¡Dispara! ''¡Dispara! '' (also known as ''Outrage!'') is a 1993 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura, starring Francesca Neri and Antonio Banderas. The story is a revenge tragedy. Plot Marcos, a young reporter, goes to a circus to write a Sunday ...

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,1993), ''

Días Contados ''Días contados'' (English title: ''Running Out of Time''; literally: ''Numbered Days'') is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed and written by Imanol Uribe. It features Carmelo Gómez, Ruth Gabriel, Candela Peña, and Javier Bardem, among ot ...

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, 1994), '' The Turkish Passion'' (

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, 1994), ''

Stories from the Kronen ''Stories from the Kronen'' ( es, Historias del Kronen, links=no) is a 1995 drama film directed by Montxo Armendáriz based on the novel by José Ángel Mañas which stars Juan Diego Botto and Jordi Mollà. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes F ...

'' (Montxo Armendáriz, 1994), ''La ley de la frontera'' (

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, 1995), and ''

Deep Crimson ''Deep Crimson'' ( es, Profundo Carmesí) is a 1996 Mexican crime film directed by Arturo Ripstein, written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego and starring Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho. Like ''The Honeymoon Killers'' before it, the film is a dra ...

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Arturo Ripstein Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling ...

, 1996). In 1999, she set up, together with Montxo Armendáriz, the audiovisual production company Oria Films, a company with which she has produced, among others, the feature films '' Broken Silence'' (Montxo Armendáriz, 2001), ''La Guerrilla de la Memoria'' (Javier Corcuera,1992), ''Obaba'' (Montxo Armendáriz, 2005)'', Don't Be Afraid'' (Montxo Armendáriz, 2011). She has taught on the subject of audio-visual production courses, lectures and workshops, has also collaborated with several film festivals as a jury member and she has held positions in associations, as Asociación Madrileña del Audiovisual (AMA), where she was president since its constitution in 2007, until 2018. She is a member of

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 ...

. Since 2018, president of the PIAF (Federation of Independent Audio-visual Production Companies). Since 2017, Oria presides over the audiovisual management consultant ConsultOria Films, a company that she started up with several colleagues who make up a multidisciplinary group for the comprehensive online assessment of audiovisual projects and that it was born with the vocation of being a meeting place for the sector.

Awards

2006 - Nominated for the 20th Goya Awards in the category of Best Production Direction for the feature film Obaba. 2015 - Pau i Justicia Award at the 7th edition of the International Film and Human Rights Festival-Humans Fest. 2017 - Tribute at the Outdoor Film Festival of Bueño (Asturias). 2019 - Simone de Beauvoir Award at the XXIV Zinemakumeak gara! (XXIV Showcase of films directed by women). She is also a member of the board of directors of the Real Sociedad Económica Matritense de Amigos del País.

References

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