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Michel Gaztambide

Michel Gaztambide

French-born screenwriter (born 1959)

Michel Gaztambide (born 1959) is a France-born screenwriter based in the Basque Country, Spain. He is a recurring collaborator of Enrique Urbizu.

Biography

Born in 1959 in Apt, Vaucluse, France, he was raised in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.[1][2] He later relocated to San Sebastián.[1] Early writing credits include Santa Cruz, el cura guerrillero [eu] and Chatarra.[1] His work in Julio Medem's 1992 film Vacas earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay.[3]

After a period working in television for ETB, he returned to cinema in 2002 with the writing credits of Box 507, marking the beginning of a recurring partnership with Basque filmmaker Enrique Urbizu.[1] The collaboration included films such as Life Marks (2003),[4] and No Rest for the Wicked (2011; for which he won the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay)[5] as well as television series such as Gigantes and Libertad.[6]

He has also worked in Un poco de chocolate [es] (2008), El idioma imposible [es] (2010),[7] Baztan [eu] (2012),[8] Petra (2018, for which he was nominated to the Feroz Award for Best Screenplay),[9] The Influence (2019),[10] and The Vault (2021).[11]

In 2022, he was disclosed as a co-writer of Víctor Erice's project Cerrar los ojos.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    Lakunza, Rosana (28 June 2021). "Michel Gaztambide: "El oficio de guionista es una carrera de subidas y bajadas"". Deia.
  2. [2]
    "Michel Gaztambide inaugura en San Sebastián el ciclo 'Charlando con ...'". El País. 4 October 2001.
  3. [3]
    "Vacas". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  4. [4]
    Méndez-Leite, Fernando (29 May 2008). "La vida mancha". Fotogramas.
  5. [5]
    "No habrá paz para los malvados". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  6. [6]
    ""Libertad", el ambicioso proyecto de Enrique Urbizu". Diario del Alto Aragón. 22 February 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Michel Gaztambide recibirá el Premio Zinemira". EiTB. 29 August 2012.
  8. [8]
    Vidal, Nuria (27 September 2012). "Baztan. Para amantes del cine en el cine". Fotogramas.
  9. [9]
    Prats, Marina (19 January 2019). "La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019". HuffPost.
  10. [10]
    Cortijo, Javier (18 June 2019). "La influencia". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  11. [11]
    "Michel Gaztambide, mentor de FIRE!! LAB". Audiovisual451. 3 February 2022.
  12. [12]
    Belinchón, Gregorio (10 July 2022). "El regreso de Víctor Erice al cine comercial será un drama nostálgico sobre la amistad entre un veterano director y su actor protagonista". El País.


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