Rodrigo Cortés | |
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| Born | Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez 31 May 1973 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, actor |
Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez (born 31 May 1973) is a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, writer and occasional actor.[1] He is best known for directing the 2010 psychological thriller Buried.
Early life
Rodrigo Cortés was born in Pazos Hermos (Cenlle, province of Ourense) on 31 May 1973,[2][3] but soon moved to Salamanca, where he spent most of his childhood and his early 20s.
Career
Cortés' fondness for film making started at an early age. At 16 he had already directed his first short film in Super 8. In 1998 he directed the short Yul that won over 20 awards and in 2001 he released 15 Days, a fake documentary in the form of a large short film that earned over 57 awards at festivals, becoming the most awarded Spanish short film of the time.
In 2007 he directed The Contestant, his first feature film that was released with critical applause and earned several awards, including the Critic's prize at Málaga Film Festival.[4] He directed and edited the 2010 thriller Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and has received considerable acclaim.[5]
In 2012 Cortés released Red Lights, a film about a physicist and a psychology professor who specialise in debunking supernatural phenomena, it stars Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy and Elizabeth Olsen.[6]
He reunited with Buried screenwriter Chris Sparling for his 2018 movie Down a Dark Hall, based on the novel of the same name by Lois Duncan and produced by Twilight writer Stephenie Meyer.
Philosophy
In a 2012 interview, following the release of Red Lights, Cortés explained his perspective on independent filmmaking in an online interview:
... I don’t believe in indie or studio as labels. As an audience member, what I want is to hear strong voices and clear personalities and to feel challenged; not to feel reaffirmed on my own decisions or whatever... it’s never about where you shoot. It’s about what and about how. I mean that. This is not a pro-Hollywood or anti-Hollywood position. I learned to love cinema via the studio movies and of course Scorsese films, Spielberg films, and Hitchcock. All of them did studio pictures with very strong voices. It’s about finding this margin of expressing and exploring the things that touch your sensitive points.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Musical director |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Concursante (The Contestant) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Also song writer: "Cyrus Honey Blues" and "Cajas" |
| 2010 | Buried | Yes | No | Executive | Yes | Yes | Also song writer: "In the Lap of the Mountain" |
| 2011 | Apartment 143 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also Music editor and second unit director |
| 2012 | Red Lights | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2013 | Grand Piano | No | No | Yes | Uncredited | No | Also second unit director |
| 2018 | Down a Dark Hall | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Also additional voices (credited as Gonzalo Giráldez) |
| 2021 | Love Gets a Room | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Yes | Also song writer "Without You", "Little Bride" and "Little Bride-Stefcia Solo" |
| TBD | Escape | Yes | Yes | TBA | TBA | TBA | [8] |
Short films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Yul | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2000 | 15 días | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also composer |
| La Ley de Murphy | No | No | No | Yes | Also dialogue supervisor | |
| 2001 | Dentro | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Segment of Diminutos del calvario Also composer and sound designer |
| 2002 | Los 150 metros de Callao | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also sound, sound designer and sound editor |
| 2003 | El Niño Millon | Yes | No | No | No | Documentary short film Co-directed with Abril Balderrama and Ricardo Díaz |
| Interruptus | No | No | No | Yes | Also dialogue supervisor | |
| 2007 | Dirt Devil | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also sound designer and sound editor |
| Impavido | No | No | No | Yes | Aldo dialogue supervisor | |
| 2010 | Alone | No | Original Idea | No | No | |
| 2013 | Por activa y por pasiva | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2014 | 1:58 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Advertising short |
| 2022 | Tierra Nueva | Yes | No | No | No |
Acting roles
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Yul | Narrador (as "Gonzalo Giraldez") |
| 2000 | 15 días | Ruben Salas |
| La Ley de Murphy | El Holandés (voice) | |
| 2002 | Los 150 metros de Callao | Narrador #1 (voice) |
| 2003 | Interruptus | Hombre Calvo #1 |
| 2007 | Dirt Devil | Narrador |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Editor | Musical Director |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Stories to Stay Awake | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wrote, directed, edited and produced music for episode "La Broma" Co-wrote and co-edited episode "El Asfalto" |
References
- ↑ Emma Brown (July 2012). "RODRIGO CORTÉS PUTS ON THE RED LIGHTS". Interviewmagazine.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ Lakunza, Rosana (14 December 2021). "Rodrigo Cortés: "¿Extranjeros o españoles? Lo difícil es trabajar con actores malos"". Deia.
- ↑ García-Ferrón, Eva (2020). "Los delirios y balas de Rodrigo Cortés, aforismos del siglo XXI". Dicenda. Estudios de lengua y literatura españolas. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense. 38: 24. doi:10.5209/dice.70148. hdl:10045/109597. ISSN 1988-2556.
- ↑ "嫌がらせ、ストーカー対策にお悩みを解決！ | 【あなたの症状が酷くなる前に】盗聴/盗撮/嫌がらせ/ストーカー対策サイトは初めてご利用を考える方の全国対応サポートサイトです。東京総合探偵興信社".
- ↑ "Buried (2010)". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ↑ "De Niro, Weaver to Star in "Red Lights"". abcnews.go.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ↑ Nigel M Smith (9 July 2012). "'Red Lights' Writer/Director Rodrigo Cortes On Following Up 'Buried' and Indie Vs. Studio Fare". Indiewire.com. A SnagFilms Co. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ Hopewell, John (24 May 2023). "Martin Scorsese Executive Produces Rodrigo Cortes' 'Escape,' Starring Mario Casas (Exclusive)". Variety.