Enrique Urbizu Explained

Enrique Urbizu (born 1962) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. A native of Bilbao, he was one of the few Spanish film directors who brought the film noir into the late Spanish film industry.

Urbizu graduated from Universidad del País Vasco, where he did media studies.

In 2011 he won the Goya Award for Best Director with the movie No Rest for the Wicked.

Filmography

Films

• Tu novia está loca (1988)
• Todo por la pasta (1991)
• Como ser infeliz y disfrutarlo (1994)
• Cachito (1995)
• Cuernos de mujer (1995)
• The Ninth Gate (1999, script only)
• La caja 507 (2002)
• La vida mancha (2003)
• Adivina quién soy (2006)
• No habrá paz para los malvados (2011)
• Herederos de la bestia (2016)

Television

• (TV series) (2015; co-director)^[1]
• Gigantes (TV Series) (2018–2019; co-director)^[2]
• Libertad (TV Series) (2021; director)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: El capitán Alatriste llega por fin a Telecinco. El Confidencial. 12 December 2014.
2. Web site: 'Gigantes', vuelve el thriller español más sorprendente con Urbizu y Coronado. Eldiario.es. Belén. Gómez. 5 October 2018.
3. Web site: 'Libertad', la consagración de la alianza entre Enrique Urbizu y Movistar+ que será película y serie. Fuera de Series. Antonio. Rivera. 18 February 2021.