Isabel Coixet

Infobox Actor
name = Isabel Coixet
birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1960|4|9
birthplace = Sant Adrià de Besòs,Barcelona, Spain
goyaawards = Best Adapted Screenplay
2003 "My Life Without Me"
Best Director
2005 "The Secret Life of Words"
Best Original Screenplay
2005 "The Secret Life of Words"
Best Documentary
2007 "Invisibles"

Isabel Coixet (born 9 April 1960 in Sant Adrià de Besòs,Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish film director.

She received her bachelor degree in History in the University of Barcelona. She has worked as a journalist and as a director for several television advertisements.

Films

*"Demasiado viejo para morir joven" ("Too Old to Die Young") (1989)
*"Cosas que nunca te dije" ("Things I Never Told You", 1996), with Lili Taylor and Andrew McCarthy
*"A los que aman" ("To Those Who Love") (1998)
*"My Life Without Me" (2003), with Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Maria de Medeiros and Amanda Plummer
*"¡Hay motivo!" (2004) (segment "La insoportable levedad del carrito de la compra")
*"The Secret Life of Words" (2005), with Sarah Polley and Tim Robbins
*"Paris, je t'aime" (2006) (segment, "Bastille")
*"Elegy" (2008) Based on Philip Roth's novel "The Dying Animal", with Ben Kingsley, Peter Sarsgaard and Penélope Cruz

Awards

*"Best director" at the XVIII Goya Awards, 2004.

External links

*imdb name|id=0170043|name=Isabel Coixet
* [http://www.isabelcoixet.com Coixet's official website] (in Spanish).