María Ripoll i Julià(born 1963)[1]is a Spanish film director from Barcelona, with an international background and eight feature films to her credit. The success of her filmIt's Now or Neverhas placed her as the highest-grossing female film director in Spanish history.[2][3]
María Ripoll | |
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 Ripoll at the 2017Miami International Film Festivalpresentation ofDon't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot | |
| Born | Maria Ripoll Julià 1963 (age 60–61) Barcelona,Spain |
| Occupation | Director |
Early life and career beginnings
editBorn inBarcelona,[1]Ripoll studied screenwriting in Los Angeles at the American Film Institute (AFI),[4]where she shot the short filmKill Me Later.
Directing career
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Her first feature-length film,The Man with Rain in His Shoes[5]starringLena Headey,Douglas HenshallandPenélope Cruzwon Best Screenplay at theMontreal World Film Festival,the Audience Award[6]at theSitges Film Festival,the Seattle Women’s Film Festival. It led to Ripoll being nominated for aGoya Awardfor Best New Director.[7]
She then directedTortilla Soup[8]in Los Angeles starringHector Elizondo,Jacqueline Obradors,Raquel WelchandElizabeth Peña.Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr, it was a noted success, breaking Latin American stereotypes on its way to nine nominations at theALMA Awards.[9]She then shot a documentary in New York,WITNESS: Cameras Against Violence,for Canal Plus.[10][11]
On her return to Spain, Ripoll shot her third feature filmUtopia,which enters the terrain of the fantastic thriller and premiered in 2003. In Barcelona she then directedYour Life in 65,a film based on the play byAlbert Espinosa.This film was invited to numerous festivals, including the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival and the Stockholm International Film Festival and was another success in Spain.[12] ForTelevisión Española(TVE) she directedFame, Everything for a Dreamand then turned to producing as well as directingChromosome 5,a documentary for TVE.[13][14]It was well received in Spain[15]and around the world, earning Best Picture in the Bosifest-Belgrade film festival amongst others.[16][17]
In 2014 she directed the indie dramaTraces of Sandalwood[18]starring Aina Clotet, a film shot in Mumbai and Barcelona in Hindi, English and Catalan. The film won theGaudí Awardin 2014 for best film[19]and the Audience Award at the Montreal[20]and Cinequest Festivals.
Her next film,It's Now or Neverpremiered in June 2015. This romantic comedy starringDani Rovira,Maria ValverdeandClara Lagowas a summer blockbuster and turned Ripoll into Spain’s most successful and highest-grossing female film director in Spanish history.[21][22]The film has been screened at the Montreal, Toronto and Miami Films Festivals.
Her most recent film, the romantic comedyDon't Blame the Karma for Being an IdiotstarringVerónica EcheguiandÁlex García,was based on the best-selling book with the same name. It premiered in November 2016, reaching number 1 in Spain during its second week[23]and screening at the Miami Film Festival in March 2017.[24][25]
Selected filmography
edit- Yo no soy esa(2024)[26]
- We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns(2022)[27]
- Live Twice, Love Once(2019)
- Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot(2016)
- It's Now or Never(2015)
- Traces of Sandalwood(2014)
- Utopia(2003)[28]
- Tortilla Soup(2001)
- The Man with Rain in His Shoes(1998)
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Result | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000
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14th Goya Awards | Best New Director | The Man with Rain in His Shoes | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ab"Índice de directores".Directores de cine en Cataluña. De la A a la Z.Universitat de Barcelona. Edicions.
- ^Carlos Prieto (30 July 2015)."The Miracle of María Ripoll, the highest grossing female filmmaker in the history of our cinema".El Confidencial.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^Zurro, Javier (9 November 2016)."Maria Ripoll, the most profitable female director in spanish film history".El Español.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^"Maria Ripoll Biography".abc.es.Retrieved6 March2017.
- ^Holden, Steven."Daydream Or a Chance, With Echoes Of Bunuel".New York Times.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^Romero, Ana (30 August 1998)."Warm welcome in Montreal for the film by María Ripoll".El PAIS.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^"GOYA AWARDS 2000".Retrieved27 April2017.
- ^Thomas, Kevin (24 August 2001)."'Tortilla Soup' Adjusts a Recipe ".Los Angeles Times.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^ALMA AWARDS OFFICIAL WEB."AlMA AWARDS NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS 2002"(PDF).Retrieved27 April2017.
- ^EL PAIS - Spanish National Press (24 September 2002)."Social Documentary Series shown on Canal +".El País.
- ^SECUOYA."Presentation of the different Episodes of Social Documentary Series" Valor Humano "".
- ^Fotogramas (29 May 2008)."Film Critique".
- ^"documentary".RTVE. 29 April 2013.Retrieved27 April2017.
- ^"WEBDOC".RTVE.Retrieved27 April2017.
- ^Cine Maldito."film critique".Retrieved27 April2017.
- ^BOSIFEST - BELGRADE."BEST PICTURE 2013".
- ^promofest.org."Award List of Cromosome 5".Retrieved27 April2017.
- ^Scheib, Ronnie (23 November 2014)."East meets West, art encounters science and Bollywood's Nandita Das confronts Spain's Aina Clotet in María Ripoll's sibling saga".Variety.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^"Best Film Traces of Sandalwood".RTVE- spanish national television.February 2015.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^"Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival".Film Festival Montreal.Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^Carlos Prieto (30 July 2015)."The Miracle of María Ripoll, the highest grossing female filmmaker in the history of our cinema".El Confidencial.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^Zurro, Javier (9 November 2016)."Maria Ripoll, the most profitable female director in Spanish film history".El Español.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^Olga Pereda (14 November 2016)."Triumphal first weekend".El Periodico (Spanish National Newspaper).Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^Miami Film Festival - official Site."screening schedule".Retrieved27 April2017.
- ^Roger Egbert - Film Reviews."Film Review and Sinopsis".Retrieved27 April2017.
- ^Soler, Susana (7 March 2024)."María Ripoll:" La comedia está muy mal valorada en este país "".Málaga Hoy.Grupo Joly.
- ^Meza, Ed (23 March 2022)."Filmax Nabs Maria Ripoll's 'We Won't Kill Each Other With Guns' (EXCLUSIVE)".Variety.
- ^Holland, Jonathan (14 April 2003)."Utopia".Variety.
- ^Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya(PDF),Lunwerg, 2011, p. 282,ISBN978-84-9785-791-8
Further reading
edit- "María Ripoll, the most profitable director of Spanish cinema"
http://www.elespanol.com/cultura/cine/20161108/169233596_0.html|Spanish article from 09.11.2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017 - "The miracle of María Ripoll, the highest grossing filmmaker in the history of our cinema"
http://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/2015-07-30/el-milagro-de-la-directora-espanola-que-reventaba-taquillas_946878/| Spanish article from 31.07.2015. Retrieved March 2, 2017 - "Now we can do our comedies without complexes" Interview with María Ripoll for LA VANGUARDIA
http://www.lavanguardia.com/cine/20150619/54432914389/maria-ripoll-comedias-sin-complejos.html| Spanish article from 19.06.2015. Retrieved March 2, 2017 - "There are 39 dramatic stories according to mythology" Interview with María Ripoll for EL PAIS
http://elpais.com/diario/1999/03/04/andalucia/920503353_850215.html| Spanish article from 04.03.1999. Retrieved March 2, 2017 - "Cinema is female!" Interview with filmmaker María Ripoll for women360 congress
https://women360congress.com/entrevisa-maria-ripoll-directora-cine/%7CSpanish article from 04.03.1999. Retrieved March 2, 2017 - "Female directors are more careful to not fall into thetoo sugary farytale trapwith Romantic Comedies "Interview with Maria Ripoll for digital magazine
http://www.magazinedigital.com/personajes/sobre-ellos-ellas/maria-ripoll-son-bastante-quejicas| Spanish article from 04.03.1999. Retrieved March 2, 2017
