Eduard Cortés

Spanish television and film director and screenwriter

Not to be confused with Édouard Cortès.

Eduard Cortés

Born| 1959 (age 65-66)

Barcelona, Spain

Nationality| Spanish
Occupation(s)| Television and film director, screenwriter

Eduard Cortés (born 1959, in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish television and film director and screenwriter.[1] He was twice nominated for the Goya Prize.[2][3]

## Biography

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Eduard Cortés abandoned his studies in art history to dedicate himself to the world of visual arts, making Super 8 short films and collaborating with the Sunday supplements of El Periódico de Catalunya and El País.[4] In 1984, he began working at Televisió de Catalunya as a producer of music and youth programs, during which time he directed several music videos for artists such as singer Loquillo.

He directed the feature films Nobody's Life, Other Days Will Come, and Ingrid, as well as the television series Oh! Europa, Sitges, La memòria dels Cargols, Psico express, and Les veus del Pamano, among others.[5][6]

In 2011, he directed Winning Streak starring, among others, Daniel Brühl, Lluís Homar, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, and Blanca Suárez, based on the true story of the García-Pelayo family, who successfully beat casinos worldwide using a legal method based on the imperfections of the roulette game.[7][8]

In 2015, he directed Cerca de tu casa, a musical film about evictions, featuring Spanish singer-songwriter Sílvia Pérez Cruz, who also composed the songs and the original soundtrack.[9] The film won the Goya Award for Best Song.[3]

## Filmography (selected)

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### Director

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Films

* 2002: Nobody's Life
* 2005: Other Days Will Come
* 2012: Hold-Up!
* 2012: Winning Streak
* 2016: At Your Doorstep

Television

* 2011: Ángel o demonio
* 2015–2017: Merlí
* 2020–2021: Dime Quién Soy: Mistress of War

Screenwriter

* 2002: Nobody's Life
* 2005: Other Days Will Come
* 2012: Hold-Up!
* 2012: Winning Streak
* 2016: At Your Doorstep

## References

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1. ^ "Festival Scope". pro.festivalscope.com. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
2. ^ "La vida de nadie » Premios Goya 2024". www.premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
3. ^ a b "Cerca de tu casa » Premios Goya 2024". www.premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
4. ^ "Eduard Cortés en EL PAÍS". El País (in European Spanish). 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
5. ^ "Eduard Cortés | Director, Writer, Producer". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
6. ^ "Eduard Cortés". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
7. ^ "La fabuleuse histoire des Los Pelayos à la roulette". CASINO ZEN (in French). 2008-08-10. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
8. ^ "The Pelayos". www.academiadelcinema.cat. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
9. ^ "Silvia Pérez Cruz ('Cerca de tu casa'): "Cuando canto, no sé lo que hago"". SensaCine.com (in Spanish). 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2024-04-16.

## External links

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* Eduard Cortés at IMDb

* Film portal

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Czech Republic
* Spain
* Korea

Other|

* IdRef