Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
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Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia (Basque: [ɡalder ɣas̻telu urutia]; born 1974 in Bilbao) is a Spanish film and advertising director and producer.[1]
Education[]
He completed a B.A. in business management with a specialization in international trade.[1]
Career[]
He made a short film, 913 in 2003.[1] He has directed commercials. In 2011, he made The House on the Lake.[1] His feature film debut was in 2019 with the dystopian science fiction-horror film The Platform (its Spanish title is El hoyo, transl. The Hole).[1] About the film, he said the point is "it isn’t about a war between those above and those below — we all have someone above us and someone below us".[2]
Awards[]
The Platform won the People's Choice Award for Midnight Madness at the Toronto Film Festival,[3] and garnered four honours at the Sitges Film Festival: Best Film, Best New Director, Best Special Effects and the Audience Award.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Rivera, Alfonso (16 October 2020). "Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia • Director of The Platform". cineuropa.org. Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Jones, Sam (2020-04-16). "What Netflix's The Platform tells us about humanity in the coronavirus era". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ Jessica Wong, "TIFF 2019: Jojo Rabbit captures TIFF People's Choice Award". CBC News, 15 September 2019.
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