Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo (born 16 September 1981) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He won the

Goya Award for Best Director The Goya Award for Best Director (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor dirección'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the first edition of the Goya Awards. Fernando Fernán ...

and 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 ...

for '' The Realm''. He was previously nominated for the

Goya Award for Best New Director The Goya Award for Best New Director ( es, Premio Goya a la Mejor Dirección Novel, links=no) is the Goya awarded yearly to the best debuting director. The award was first presented at the fourth edition of the Goya Awards with Ana Díez being th ...

for '' Stockholm'', and the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''

May God Save Us ''May God Save Us'' ( es, Que Dios nos perdone, links=no, translation, May God Forgive Us) is a 2016 Spanish crime thriller film directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and written by Sorogoyen and Isabel Peña. It stars Antonio de la Torre and Roberto Ál ...

''. For the short film ''

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'', Sorogoyen won the

Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film The Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film ( es, Premio Goya a la mejor cortometraje de ficción) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. From 1989 to 1991 there was only one award for short films under the name ''Best ...

and was nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under various names, since 1957. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One- ...

. He often works in tandem with Isabel Peña.

Biography

Born on 16 September 1981 in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

, Rodrigo Sorogoyen is the grandson of filmmaker Antonio del Amo. Graduated in history from the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university loc ...

, he entered the ECAM in 2004.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* 1981 births Living people Best Director Goya Award winners Spanish screenwriters Film directors from the Community of Madrid 21st-century Spanish screenwriters {{Spain-film-director-stub