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Chema Rodríguez 
Occupation Director, scriptwriter Chema Rodríguez (Sevilla, Spain, 1967) is a Spanish filmmaker and writer.
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Travel and creation
Chema Rodríguez has written the books El diente de la ballena (El País Aguilar, 1999) and Anochece en Katmandú (RBA, 2003).
As director and scriptwriter he has contributed multipart documentaries broadcasted in TVE, GeoPlaneta and diverse international channels, with series such as Sahel, la frontera herida (1999), El barco de Ulises (2001), La llamada de África (2003), Vivir en el agua (2005) or Latidos (2008).
Filmography
In his film career, he is mainly known as director, writer and producer of the full-length documentary Estrellas de la Línea (The Railroad All Stars), which took part in the Panorama section of the Berlinale ([Second Audience Award, Berlinale Panorama 2006 [1] ]; Jury Special Mention, Málaga Film Festival 2006[2](Spanish); Sebastián Prize, San Sebastián Film Festival 2006;[3] Audience Award, LAFF Utrecht 2007,[4] as well as a dozen other awards at international film festivals). The film has participated in the official section of diverse festivals around the world: Karlovy Vary, Hot docs-Toronto, Silver Docs-Washington, Montreal, Edinburgh, Warsaw, Hamburg, Chicago, Miami or Tokio.
He repeated at the Panorama section of the Berlinale in 2009, with his full-length documentary Coyote: Jury Second Prize, Documenta Madrid 2009; Jury First Prize and Audience Award, LAFF Utrecht 2009[5](Spanish), and also awarded at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival 2010[6](Spanish).
Director, screenplay writer and producer of the documentary short films Amor callejero (Street Love) and Triste Borracha (Sad Drunk; Jury First Prize, Documenta Madrid 2009)[7] He also wrote the screenplay for the feature film La gran final (The Great Match) (Special Official Section, Berlinale 2006).
Scriptwriter and director of the TV movie Maras (2010, Antena 3, Spanish television) and the full-length documentary El Abrazo de los Peces (2011) (The Embrace of the Fishes). He is preparing his next work, a feature fiction film to be shot between 2011 and 2012.
References
- ^ "The Berlin Panorama Audience Award 2006.". FilmFestivals.com. 2006-02-20. http://www.filmfestivalstv.com/berlin/2006/02/the_berlin_pano.html. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ "Málaga Festival Past Editions." (Press release). Málaga Film Festival. 2010-09-05. http://www.festivaldemalaga.com/Content/source/pdf/ediciones_anteriores.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ "54 Edition. 2006 Awards, San Sebastián International Film Festival." (Press release). San Sebastián International Film Festival. 2006-09-20. http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/premios.php?ano=2006&id=101. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ "LAFF Official Website". 2007-05-16. http://www.laff.nl/2007/index.php?item=news&id=48. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ "Best Documentary LAFF 2009." (Press release). Radio Nederland Wereldomroep. 2009-05-15. http://static.rnw.nl/migratie/www.informarn.nl/cultura/act090515-larabia-utrecht-redirected. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ "World-Fest Houston 2010 winners." (Press release). Europapress. 2010-04-28. http://www.europapress.es/tv/noticia-cuentame-paso-documental-coyote-premiados-world-fest-houston-20100428204358.html. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ "The Jury announces the winner films in this Documenta Madrid Edition." (Press release). Documenta Madrid. 2009-08-05. http://www.documentamadrid.com/documentamadrid09/noticia_detalle.php?id=26. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
External links
Estrellas de la Línea (The Railroad All Stars) [1]
Coyote [2]
Chema Rodríguez at the IMDb [3]
Official website [4]
Categories:- Spanish film directors
- Spanish screenwriters
- Living people
- 1967 births
- People from Seville
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