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Icíar Bollaín

  • Actress
  • Director
  • Writer
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Icíar Bollaín at an event for Los Goya 25 años (2011)
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Born in Madrid, Iciar Bollain has worked as an actress in films such El Sur (1983), directed by Víctor Erice; Sublet (1991) directed by Chus Gutiérrez, Malaventura (1988) directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón; El Mejor de los Tiempos (1990) and Un Paraguas para Tres (1992) directed by Felipe Vega, Tierra y Libertad (1995) directed by Ken Loach, LEO (2000) directed by Jose Luis Borau, Nos Miran (2002) directed by Norberto Pérez, La Balsa de Piedra (2003) directed by Geogre Sluiezer and La Noche del Hermano (2005) directed by Santiago García de Leániz. As a director, Icíar has written and directed many renowned films. Flowers from Another World, her second film, was awarded at Cannes Film Festival in 1999 (Best Film in the International Critics' Week). Take my eyes (2003), her following film as writer and director, won 7 Goyas (Spanish Academy Awards), including Best Film, among many other international awards. She directed a script by Paul Laverty in 2009, Even the Rain. The film obtained national and international recognition: 13 nominations to the Goya Awards, Panorama Award at the Berlinale, Ariel Award to best Latin-American film and it was in the short list of the foreign films selected for the Academy Awards in 2010 representing Spain. In 2011 she directed and co-wrote Katmandú, un Espejo en el Cielo. The film was nominated to the Goya Awads in the categories of Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2014 it was released En Tierra Extraña, a documentary that Iciar directed about the life of young Spanish immigrants in Edinburgh, Scotland, who had to leave Spain due to recession and unemployment Iciar Bollain is currently in pre-production of his next film, The Olive Tree, a new collaboration with the writer Paul Laverty and Morena Films. The film will start principal photography in May 2015.
BornJune 12, 1967
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    • Awards
      • 66 wins & 65 nominations total

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    Known for

    Take My Eyes (2003)
    Take My Eyes
    7.4
    • Director(as Iciar Bollain)
    • 2003
    Blanca Portillo and Luis Tosar in Maixabel (2021)
    Maixabel
    7.1
    • Director(as Iciar Bollain)
    • 2021
    Candela Peña in Rosa's Wedding (2020)
    Rosa's Wedding
    6.4
    • Director(as Iciar Bollain)
    • 2020
    Nuria González, Najwa Nimri, and María Vázquez in Mataharis (2007)
    Mataharis
    6.6
    • Director
    • 2007

    Credits

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    Actress



    • 24 Lies (2012)
      24 Lies
      Short
      • Guionista y Directora
      • 2012
    • Rage (2009)
      Rage
      6.3
      • Marimar
      • 2009
    • Imanol Arias, Ana Duato, María Galiana, Pablo Rivero, Irene Visedo, Carmen Climent, and Paloma Bloyd in Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001)
      Cuéntame cómo pasó
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Rosa
      • Self
      • 2006–2007
    • LA NOCHE DEL HERMANO (2005) THE NIGHT OF THE BROTHER
      La noche del hermano
      4.9
      • Julia
      • 2005
    • Icíar Bollaín, Gabino Diego, Diogo Infante, Federico Luppi, and Ana Padrão in La balsa de piedra (2002)
      La balsa de piedra
      5.8
      • Maria (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2002
    • Nos miran (2002)
      Nos miran
      5.8
      • Julia
      • 2002
    • Leo (2000)
      Leo
      5.9
      • Leo (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2000
    • Subjúdice (1998)
      Subjúdice
      5.5
      • Paula
      • 1998
    • Niño nadie (1997)
      Niño nadie
      5.0
      • Asun (as Icíar Bollain)
      • 1997
    • Menos que cero (1996)
      Menos que cero
      7.9
      • Amaya
      • 1996
    • El techo del mundo (1995)
      El techo del mundo
      7.3
      • Teresa
      • 1995
    • HOLA, ¿ESTAS SOLA? (1995) HI, ARE YOU ALONE (1995)
      Hola, ¿estás sola?
      6.3
      • Cantante en karaoke (uncredited)
      • 1995
    • Land and Freedom (1995)
      Land and Freedom
      7.5
      • Maite (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 1995
    • Una gloria nacional (1993)
      Una gloria nacional
      TV Series
      • 1993
    • Antonio Resines and Jorge Sanz in Tocando fondo (1993)
      Tocando fondo
      4.6
      • Araceli
      • 1993

    Director



    • I Am Nevenka (2024)
      I Am Nevenka
      7.1
      • Director (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2024
    • Campofrío: Acojonados (2021)
      Campofrío: Acojonados
      7.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Blanca Portillo and Luis Tosar in Maixabel (2021)
      Maixabel
      7.1
      • Director (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2021
    • Candela Peña in Rosa's Wedding (2020)
      Rosa's Wedding
      6.4
      • Director (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2020
    • Edilson Manuel Olbera Núñez in Yuli (2018)
      Yuli
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Anna Castillo in The Olive Tree (2016)
      The Olive Tree
      6.8
      • Director (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2016
    • Campofrío: Despertar (2015)
      Campofrío: Despertar
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • En tierra extraña (2014)
      En tierra extraña
      6.3
      • Director (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2014
    • Campofrío: Hazte extranjero (2013)
      Campofrío: Hazte extranjero
      5.3
      TV Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Campofrío: El currículum de todos (2012)
      Campofrío: El currículum de todos
      5.0
      Video
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Verónica Echegui in Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo (2011)
      Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo
      6.1
      • Director (as Iciar Bollaín)
      • 2011
    • Even the Rain (2010)
      Even the Rain
      7.4
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Nuria González, Najwa Nimri, and María Vázquez in Mataharis (2007)
      Mataharis
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2007
    • ¡Hay motivo! (2004)
      ¡Hay motivo!
      5.6
      • Director (segment "Por tu propio bien")
      • 2004
    • Take My Eyes (2003)
      Take My Eyes
      7.4
      • Director (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2003

    Writer



    • I Am Nevenka (2024)
      I Am Nevenka
      7.1
      • written by (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2024
    • Blanca Portillo and Luis Tosar in Maixabel (2021)
      Maixabel
      7.1
      • written by (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2021
    • Candela Peña in Rosa's Wedding (2020)
      Rosa's Wedding
      6.4
      • written by (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2020
    • En tierra extraña (2014)
      En tierra extraña
      6.3
      • screenplay by (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2014
    • Verónica Echegui in Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo (2011)
      Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo
      6.1
      • screenplay by
      • 2011
    • Nuria González, Najwa Nimri, and María Vázquez in Mataharis (2007)
      Mataharis
      6.6
      • screenplay
      • 2007
    • Take My Eyes (2003)
      Take My Eyes
      7.4
      • screenplay (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2003
    • Poniente (2002)
      Poniente
      6.1
      • Writer
      • 2002
    • Amores que matan (2000)
      Amores que matan
      6.7
      Short
      • screenplay (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 2000
    • Flores de otro mundo (1999) Flowers from another world
      Flowers from Another World
      6.7
      • writer
      • 1999
    • HOLA, ¿ESTAS SOLA? (1995) HI, ARE YOU ALONE (1995)
      Hola, ¿estás sola?
      6.3
      • Writer (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 1995
    • Ana Duato, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Chus Gutiérrez, Francis Lorenzo, and Eufemia Román in Los amigos del muerto (1994)
      Los amigos del muerto
      6.1
      Short
      • writer
      • 1994
    • Dime una mentira (1993)
      Dime una mentira
      6.1
      • story (as Iciar Bollain)
      • 1993
    • Baja corazón (1992)
      Baja corazón
      3.9
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1992

    Videos3

    Trailer
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    Trailer
    Even the Rain (También la lluvia)
    Trailer 2:19
    Even the Rain (También la lluvia)
    Even the Rain (También la lluvia)
    Trailer 2:19
    Even the Rain (También la lluvia)
    Trailer The critic
    Trailer 1:21
    Trailer The critic

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Iciar Bollain
    • Born
      • June 12, 1967
      • Madrid, Madrid, Spain
    • Children
      • Child
    • Relatives
        Marina Bollaín(Sibling)

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      Along with Fernando Fernán Gómez, she's the only person to have been nominated as performer (Leo (2000), director (Mataharis (2007) and writer (Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo (2011) for three diferent movies at the Goya awards. She actually won as director and co-writer for Te doy mis ojos (2003).

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