Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 12, 1967
Place of Birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Credits
46 titles
Icíar Bollaín
Biography
Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (born June 12, 1967; Madrid) is a Spanish actress, director and writer. Her father was an aeronautical engineer and her mother was a music teacher. She made her début when she was 15 years old. She is a member of the Academia Española de Cinematografía. She began her work in cinema at the age of fourteen as part of the cast in Victor Erice's film El Sur (1983). Since then she has acted in fourteen films. Hola, estas sola? (Hi, are you alone? in English) (1995) was her first feature film as director, a story about two young girls who dream of finding an earthly paradise, and undertake a long trip towards the sea. Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from another world in English) (1999) was her second feature film, which she co-wrote with Julio Llamazares. It is the story of four women who travel to rural Spain with the hopes of finding love. Her latest film as writer and director is Te Doy Mis Ojos (I'll give you my eyes in English) (2003) which won seven Goya awards including Best Film. The movie is about the abusive marriage relationship between Pilar and Antonio. Her 2010 film Even the Rain was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. In January 2011, the film made the final nine shortlist.
Known For
Filmography
Borau y el cine
I Am Nevenka
Director
The Critic
Self
Maixabel
Director
Rosa's Wedding
Director
Yuli
Director
Al cotxe!
Self - Interviewee
The Olive Tree
Director
En tierra extraña
Director
1,2,3...Casa
Director
Kathmandu Lullaby
Director
Even the Rain
Director
Rage
Marimar Torres
Mataharis
Director
The Night of the Brother
Julia
With Good Reason
Director
Take My Eyes
Director
The Stone Raft
Maria
Poniente
Writer
They're Watching Us
Julia
Sara, una estrella
Cuéntame cómo pasó
Rosa
A Love That Kills
Writer
Leo
Leo
No sé bailar
Flowers From Another World
Director
Subjúdice
Paula
Niño nadie
Asun
Menos que cero
Amaya
Hi, Are You Alone?
Cantante en karaoke
Land and Freedom
Maite
Sexo oral
Assistant Director
Friendly Dead
Director
Tocando fondo
Araceli
Dime una mentira
María
Baja corazón
Director
Sublet
Laura
Un paraguas para tres
Alicia
Doblones de a ocho
Anita
El Mejor de los Tiempos
Venecias
Misadventure
Rocío
Al acecho
Mientras haya luz
María
Las dos orillas
Icíar
El Sur
Estrella - 15 años