Meritxell Colell Aparicio

Meritxell Colell Aparicio (born 1983) is a Spanish director.

Meritxell Colell Aparicio
Colell in 2018
Born1983 (age 40–41)
NationalitySpanish
Education
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active2004–present
Websitehttp://meritxellcolell.com/

Biography

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Meritxell Colell Aparicio graduated from Audiovisual Communication degree at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. She studied cinema at the Universidad del Cine, en Buenos Aires. She started working as a film editor.[1]

Since 2007, she has been making documentaries, notably for the Joan Miró Foundation. She also teaches cinema. She is a member of Cinema in Progress, a film education project, which also includes Carla Simón, Jonás Trueba and Mercedes Álvarez.[1]

In 2018, she directed her first feature film, Con el viento, which is presented in competition at the Berlinale 2018 in the Forum section.[2][3][4][5]

Meritxell Colell Aparicio is a part of the new generation of Spanish filmmaker. She is selected by the Cinéfondation to present her film at L'Atelier during the Cannes Festival.[6]

Filmography

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  • 2005: Barcelona-París-Barcelona (documentary)
  • 2006: Manuscrit a la ciutat (documentary)
  • 2014: Arquitecturas en silencio, dialogue between Antoni Bonet and Le Corbusier (documentary)
  • 2008: Remembering Buenos Aires (documentary)
  • 2018: Con el viento (Face au vent), Polar Star Film

References

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  1. ^ a b "Meritxell Colell - Mujeres de Cine" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  2. ^ "Meritxell Colell Aparicio - Festival Scope: Festivals on Demand for Film Professionals World Wide". pro.festivalscope.com. Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  3. ^ "'Con el viento', de Meritxell Colell, en la sección Forum de la Berlinale 2018 – CIMA – Asociación de mujeres cineastas y de medios audiovisuales". cimamujerescineastas.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  4. ^ "Face au vent (2017)". www.unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  5. ^ "Berlinale 2018. Il festival più importante d'Europa diffonde i primi film del programma | Indie-eye - Cinema - Testata giornalistica di Cinema". www.indie-eye.it (in Italian). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  6. ^ "L'Atelier 2015". Festival de Cannes 2018 (in French). 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
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