Pilar Palomero | |
Birth Place: | Zaragoza, Spain |
Occupation: | Director, screenwriter |
Pilar Palomero (born 1980) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
Born in Zaragoza in 1980, she has worked as camera operator, assistant, electrician, cinematographer, script editor, editor, scriptwriter and director.[1] She studied at the University of Zaragoza and at the ECAM, where she earned a degree as cinematography director in 2006.[2]
After her debut as director in Sonrisas (2005 short film), she directed other short films such as Niño Balcón and Chan Chán.[3]
Palomero's directorial debut in a feature film, the 2020 coming-of-age drama Schoolgirls, earned her two Feroz Awards (Best Direction & Best Screenplay)[4] and two Goya Awards (Best New Director & Best Original Screenplay).
She shot her third feature, Glimmers, in late 2023.[5]
In 2024 she received the Málaga Talent Award at the 27th Málaga Film Festival.[6]
Year | Title | Notes | |
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2020 | Schoolgirls | Also writer | |
2021 | Letters from the Ends of the World | Omnibus, segment "To Those Who Miss" | |
2022 | Venga Juan | Episode: "2009" | |
2022 | Motherhood | Also writer | |
2024 | Glimmers | Also writer |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | |
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2021 | 8th Feroz Awards | Best Director | Schoolgirls | [7] | |
Best Screenplay | |||||
35th Goya Awards | Best New Director | [8] | |||
Best Original Screenplay | |||||
Best Director | [9] | ||||
ALMA Awards | Best Screenplay (Drama Feature Film) | [10] | |||
2023 | Best Director | Motherhood | [11] | ||
Best Original Screenplay | |||||
10th Feroz Awards | Best Director | [12] | |||
37th Goya Awards | Best Director | [13] | |||