Icíar Bollaín

AKA: Icíar Bollaín Pére, Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez
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1967-06-12

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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.

Crew Roles

Take My Eyes
Director
Take My Eyes
Screenplay
Hi, Are You Alone?
Director
Hi, Are You Alone?
Author
Maixabel
Director
Maixabel
Writer
Flowers From Another World
Director
Even the Rain
Director
Kathmandu Lullaby
Director
Kathmandu Lullaby
Screenplay
1,2,3...Casa
Director
En tierra extraña
Director
En tierra extraña
Screenplay
Mataharis
Director
Baja corazón
Director
Baja corazón
Writer
Friendly Dead
Director
Friendly Dead
Writer
I Am Nevenka
Director
I Am Nevenka
Writer
With Good Reason
Director
The Olive Tree
Director
A Love That Kills
Writer
A Love That Kills
Director
Flowers From Another World
Writer
Mataharis
Writer
Yuli
Director
Dime una mentira
Story
Poniente
Writer
Rosa's Wedding
Director
Rosa's Wedding
Screenplay
Sexo oral
Assistant Director
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