Paula Ortiz

08.01.1979, Zaragoza

 

Director
Spanish director, screenwriter and producer. Graduated in Spanish Philology from the University of Zaragoza. She then obtained a degree in film and television screenwriting at Autonomous University of Barcelona, then a PhD in art history. During 2006 and 2007, she studied directing at the Department of Film and Television at Tisch School of the Arts as part of the New York University. The she moved on to specialise in screenwriting at the UCLA in California. Her first films were shorts El rostro de Ido (2003), Fotos de familia (2005) and El hueco de Tristán Boj (2008). Drama Crysalis (De tu ventana a la mía, 2011) is her first and so far the only feature-length film. She founded the production company Amapola films together with Kike Mora, Raúl García and Jesús Bosqued. She lectures at the Communications Department at University of San Jorge in Zaragoza. Currently she is working on her new film La novia.

Filmography


Films by this director

Crysalis

(De tu ventana a la mía, 2011.)

Directed by: Paula Ortiz
PHOTOGRAPHY: Miguel Ángel Amoedo
Synopsis:

Three women, Inés, Violeta and Luisa live in different times and locations and are at different stages of their lives. They are united by the love they feel and their hidden dreams. Inés lives in the early 1940’s, surrounded by sun and fields of wheat, and is in love with Paco. Violeta is a teenager who lives in the mountains with her uncle and aunt in the early 20th century, and Luisa lives in the city in the mid 1970’s...

color, digital, 98 min
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