María Ripoll Explained

María Ripoll
Birth Name:Maria Ripoll Julià
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Occupation:Director

María Ripoll i Julià (born 1963)[1] is a Spanish film director from Barcelona, with an international background and eight feature films to her credit.The success of her film It's Now or Never has placed her as the highest-grossing female film director in Spanish history.[2] [3]

Early life and career beginnings

Born in Barcelona, Ripoll studied screenwriting in Los Angeles at the American Film Institute (AFI),[4] where she shot the short film Kill Me Later.

Directing career

Her first feature-length film, The Man with Rain in His Shoes[5] starring Lena Headey, Douglas Henshall and Penélope Cruz won Best Screenplay at the Montreal World Film Festival, the Audience Award[6] at the Sitges Film Festival, the Seattle Women’s Film Festival. It led to Ripoll being nominated for a Goya Award for Best New Director.[7]

She then directed Tortilla Soup[8] in Los Angeles starring Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, Raquel Welch and Elizabeth Peña. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr, it was a noted success, breaking Latin American stereotypes on its way to nine nominations at the ALMA Awards.[9] She then shot a documentary in New York, WITNESS: Cameras Against Violence, for Canal Plus.[10] [11]

On her return to Spain, Ripoll shot her third feature film Utopia, which enters the terrain of the fantastic thriller and premiered in 2003. In Barcelona she then directed Your Life in 65, a film based on the play by Albert Espinosa. This film was invited to numerous festivals, including the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival and the Stockholm International Film Festival and was another success in Spain.[12] For Televisión Española (TVE) she directed Fame, Everything for a Dream and then turned to producing as well as directing Chromosome 5, a documentary for TVE.[13] [14] It was well received in Spain [15] and around the world, earning Best Picture in the Bosifest-Belgrade film festival amongst others.[16] [17]

In 2014 she directed the indie drama Traces of Sandalwood [18] starring Aina Clotet, a film shot in Mumbai and Barcelona in Hindi, English and Catalan. The film won the Gaudí Award in 2014 for best film[19] and the Audience Award at the Montreal [20] and Cinequest Festivals.

Her next film, It's Now or Never premiered in June 2015. This romantic comedy starring Dani Rovira, Maria Valverde and Clara Lago was a summer blockbuster and turned Ripoll into Spain’s most successful and highest-grossing female film director in Spanish history.[21] [22] The film has been screened at the Montreal, Toronto and Miami Films Festivals.

Her most recent film, the romantic comedy Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot starring Verónica Echegui and Álex García, was based on the best-selling book with the same name. It premiered in November 2016, reaching number 1 in Spain during its second week[23] and screening at the Miami Film Festival in March 2017.[24] [25]

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Work
1993Oberhausen Film Festival Kill Me Later (short film)
Houston Film FestivalPanavision Grant
1998Montreal Film FestivalBest ScreenplayThe Man with Rain in His Shoes
Sitges Film FestivalGran Angular Award
1999Bogota Film FestivalBronze Precolumbian Circle
Golden Precolumbian Circle
2000Goya Awards 14th Goya AwardsBest New Director
2001Alma AwardsOutstanding DirectorTortilla Soup
Outstanding Motion Picture
Outstanding Actor & Supporting Actor
Outstanding Actress
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Outstanding Screenplay
2014Gaudi AwardsBest FilmTraces of Sandalwood
Montreal AwardsAudience Award
2016Goya Awards 31st Goya AwardsBest Costume DesignDon't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Índice de directores. Universitat de Barcelona. Edicions. Directores de cine en Cataluña. De la A a la Z.
  2. Web site: Carlos Prieto. The Miracle of María Ripoll, the highest grossing female filmmaker in the history of our cinema. El Confidencial. 30 July 2015 . 3 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Zurro. Javier. Maria Ripoll, the most profitable female director in spanish film history. El Español. 9 November 2016 . 3 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Maria Ripoll Biography. abc.es. 6 March 2017.
  5. Web site: Holden. Steven. Daydream Or a Chance, With Echoes Of Bunuel. New York Times. 3 March 2017.
  6. News: Romero. Ana. Warm welcome in Montreal for the film by María Ripoll. El PAIS. 30 August 1998 . 3 March 2017.
  7. Web site: GOYA AWARDS 2000. 27 April 2017.
  8. Web site: Thomas. Kevin. 'Tortilla Soup' Adjusts a Recipe. Los Angeles Times. 24 August 2001 . 3 March 2017.
  9. Web site: ALMA AWARDS OFFICIAL WEB. AlMA AWARDS NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS 2002. 27 April 2017.
  10. News: EL PAIS - Spanish National Press. Social Documentary Series shown on Canal +. El País . 24 September 2002 .
  11. Web site: SECUOYA. Presentation of the different Episodes of Social Documentary Series "Valor Humano".
  12. Web site: Fotogramas. Film Critique. 29 May 2008 .
  13. Web site: RTVE. documentary. 29 April 2013 . 27 April 2017.
  14. Web site: RTVE. WEBDOC. 27 April 2017.
  15. Web site: Cine Maldito. film critique. 27 April 2017.
  16. Web site: BOSIFEST - BELGRADE. BEST PICTURE 2013.
  17. Web site: promofest.org. Award List of Cromosome 5. 27 April 2017.
  18. Web site: Scheib. Ronnie. East meets West, art encounters science and Bollywood's Nandita Das confronts Spain's Aina Clotet in María Ripoll's sibling saga.. Variety. 23 November 2014 . 3 March 2017.
  19. Web site: Best Film Traces of Sandalwood. RTVE- spanish national television. February 2015 . 3 March 2017.
  20. Web site: Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival. Film Festival Montreal. 3 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201149/http://www.ffm-montreal.org/en/press-releases/96-awards-of-the-world-film-festival-montreal-2014.html. 4 March 2016. dead.
  21. Web site: Carlos Prieto. The Miracle of María Ripoll, the highest grossing female filmmaker in the history of our cinema. El Confidencial. 30 July 2015 . 3 March 2017.
  22. Web site: Zurro. Javier. Maria Ripoll, the most profitable female director in Spanish film history. El Español. 9 November 2016 . 3 March 2017.
  23. Web site: Olga Pereda. Triumphal first weekend. El Periodico (Spanish National Newspaper). 14 November 2016 . 3 March 2017.
  24. Web site: Miami Film Festival - official Site. screening schedule. 27 April 2017.
  25. Web site: Roger Egbert - Film Reviews. Film Review and Sinopsis. 27 April 2017.
  26. Web site: María Ripoll: "La comedia está muy mal valorada en este país". Málaga Hoy. Grupo Joly. 7 March 2024. Susana. Soler.
  27. Web site: Filmax Nabs Maria Ripoll's 'We Won't Kill Each Other With Guns' (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 23 March 2022. Ed. Meza.
  28. Web site: Jonathan. Holland. Utopia. 14 April 2003. Variety.

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