Rodrigo Cortés

Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez (born May 31, 1973) is a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, writer and occasional actor.[1] He is best known for directing the 2010 psychological thriller Buried.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cortés and the second or maternal family name is Giráldez.
Rodrigo Cortés
Rodrigo Cortés
Born
Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez

(1973-05-31) May 31, 1973
Cenlle, Galicia, Spain
OccupationFilm director, producer, screenwriter, editor, actor

Early life

Cortés was born in Pazos Hermos (Cenlle), Galicia, Spain, but soon moved to Salamanca, where he spent most of his childhood and his early 20s.

Career

Cortés' fondness for film making started at an early age. At 16 he had already directed his first short film in Super 8. In 1998 he directed the short Yul that won over 20 awards and in 2001 he released 15 Days, a fake documentary in the form of a large short film that earned over 57 awards at festivals, becoming the most awarded Spanish short film of the time.

In 2007 he directed The Contestant (Concursante in Spanish), his first feature film that was released with critical applause and earned several awards, including the Critic's prize at Málaga Film Festival.[2] He directed and edited the 2010 thriller Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and has received considerable acclaim.[3]

In 2012 Cortés released Red Lights, a film about a physicist and a psychology professor who specialise in debunking supernatural phenomena, it stars Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy and Elizabeth Olsen.[4]

He reunited with Buried screenwriter Chris Sparling for his 2018 movie Down a Dark Hall, based on the novel of the same name by Lois Duncan and produced by Twilight writer Stephenie Meyer.

Philosophy

In a 2012 interview, following the release of Red Lights, Cortés explained his perspective on independent filmmaking in an online interview:

... I don’t believe in indie or studio as labels. As an audience member, what I want is to hear strong voices and clear personalities and to feel challenged; not to feel reaffirmed on my own decisions or whatever... it’s never about where you shoot. It’s about what and about how. I mean that. This is not a pro-Hollywood or anti-Hollywood position. I learned to love cinema via the studio movies and of course Scorsese films, Spielberg films, and Hitchcock. All of them did studio pictures with very strong voices. It’s about finding this margin of expressing and exploring the things that touch your sensitive points.[5]

Filmography
Year Film Director Producer Writer Notes
2007 The Contestant Yes No Yes
2010 Buried Yes Yes No
2011 Apartment 143 No Yes Yes Original title: Emergo
2012 Red Lights Yes Yes Yes
2013 Grand Piano No Yes No
2018 Down a Dark Hall Yes No No

Short films

Year Film Director Writer Producer Notes
1998 Yul Yes Yes Yes
2000 15 días Yes Yes Yes
2001 Dentro Yes Yes No Segment of Diminutos del calvario
2002 Los 150 metros de Callao Yes Yes Yes
2007 Dirt Devil Yes Yes Yes
2013 Por activa y por pasiva Yes Yes Yes
2014 1:58 Yes Yes No

References
  1. Emma Brown (July 2012). "RODRIGO CORTÉS PUTS ON THE RED LIGHTS". Interviewmagazine.com. Interviewmagazine.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. http://experienceburied.com/#/about/
  3. "Buried (2010)". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  4. "De Niro, Weaver to Star in "Red Lights"". abcnews.go.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  5. Nigel M Smith (9 July 2012). "'Red Lights' Writer/Director Rodrigo Cortes On Following Up 'Buried' and Indie Vs. Studio Fare". Indiewire.com. A SnagFilms Co. Retrieved 21 September 2012.


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