| Celia Rico Clavellino | |
| Birth Date: | 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Constantina, Seville, Spain |
| Occupation: | writer, film director |
Celia Rico Clavellino is a Spanish writer and film director.
Clavellino holds a degree in audiovisual communications from the University of Seville and in literary theory and comparative literature from the University of Barcelona, as well as a DAS degree in film studies.[1] For more than 10 years, she worked at Arcadia Motion Pictures and Oberon Cinematográfca.[2] For the Joan Miró Foundation, she co-directed TV series Mironins.[3]
In 2012, she played Canguro in Childish Games. In the same year she released her directorial debut, a short Luisa no Está en Casa, which was screened at festivals all over the world and won the Gaudí Award for Best Short Film.[4] [2]
In 2014, she worked as an assistant director on Claudia Llosa's Aloft.[2]
In 2018, her feature debut Journey to a Mother's Room became a big success. It won the Youth Jury Award at San Sebastian Film Festival, got Best Actress, Best Script, Best Supporting Actress and Audience Award at the 2019 Gaudí Awards,[5] was nominated four times at Goya Awards, and brought the Best Supporting Actress Award to Anna Castillo at the 6th Feroz Awards.[6] [7]
Clavellino's sophomore feature, Los pequeños amores (Little Loves), premiered at 2024 Málaga Film Festival and received Special Jury Prize as well as Best Supporting Actress for Adriana Ozores.[8] [9] [10]
Clavellino teaches directing and scriptwriting at ESCAC and ECIB in Barcelona.[4]
In June 2024, Rico was shooting her third feature film, La buena letra, an adaptation of the novel by Rafael Chirbes.[11]