José Luis Rebordinos Explained

Birth Name:José Luis Rebordinos Miramón
Birth Place:Errenteria, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Birth Date:22 September 1961
Occupation:Festival director

José Luis Rebordinos Miramón (born 22 September 1961) is a Spanish festival programmer. He has been the director of the San Sebastián International Film Festival since 2011.

Biography

José Luis Rebordinos Miramón was born on 22 September 1961 in Errenteria.[1] He earned a degree in Special Pedagogy.[2] He directed the first edition of the San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in 1989.[3] As responsible for the cinema department of Donostia Kultura, he also directed the San Sebastián Film and Human Rights Festival. In 2011, he replaced Mikel Olaciregui as director of the San Sebastián International Film Festival (Donostia Zinemaldia).[4] His overarching strategy at the helm of the festival has been guided by the idea of reconciling the audience with the need to make commercial-driven decisions in order for a festival to reach a certain level of media clout.

In 2015, he was bestowed the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts,[5] and in 2021 with Knight rank of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

He is a member of the European Film Academy.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biografía cinéfila. Noticias de Gipuzkoa. Juan G.. Andrés. 4 January 2011.
  2. Web site: ¿Quiénes mandan en el festival?. Diario Vasco. Mitxel. Ezquiaga. 28 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Cómo ser José Luis Rebordinos, director de la Semana (1989-2010). Noticias de Gipuzkoa. 27 October 2010.
  4. Book: Vivar Navas, Rosana. Los festivales de cine en la era de los New Media. Una perspectiva lúdica sobre las fiestas del cine y sus públicos. 49. 2016. Universidad de Granada.
  5. Web site: Las últimas medallas del año. El Mundo. 29 December 2015.
  6. Web site: Gara. Koldo. Landaluze. 17 September 2021. La calidad de esta edición está muy por encima de cualquier polémica.