Jaime Rosales

Born: 1970-01-02

Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain

Biography

Jaime Rosales (born 1970 in Barcelona) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer. He spent three years in Cuba studying cinema at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in La Habana, and later at Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney, (Australia). He did several successful short films before his long film debut with Las horas del día that received the FIPRESCI Award at Cannes film festival. In 2007 filmed his second film, La soledad. His cinema is influenced by Robert Bresson or Yasujirō Ozu, he shows fragments of lives with ascetic forms and still shots. He won the Goya Award for Best Director for La soledad, film that received the Goya for Best Film too.

Known For

Petra
Morlaix
Solitary Fragments
Short Plays
Wild Flowers
The Hours of the Day
Bullet in the Head
Un instante en la vida ajena
Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing
Beautiful Youth

Top Movie Credits

Petra Writer
Morlaix Producer
Solitary Fragments Producer
Short Plays Director
Wild Flowers Writer
The Hours of the Day Producer
Bullet in the Head Screenplay
Un instante en la vida ajena Associate Producer
Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing Director
Beautiful Youth Producer