Oriol Paulo (born 30 July 1975) is a Spanish screenwriter and director. He is known for crime thriller movies such as The Body (2012) and The Invisible Guest (2016). Both films garnered international acclaim and were remade in several languages.[1]

Oriol Paulo
Paulo in 2018
Born
Oriol Paulo

(1975-07-30) 30 July 1975 (age 49)
Barcelona, Spain
Occupations
  • Director
  • writer
Years active2004–present

Career

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Born in Barcelona in 1975,[2] Oriol Paulo earned a licentiate degree in audiovisual communication from the Pompeu Fabra University in 1998.[3] He studied film at the Los Angeles Film School.

As a scriptwriter, he wrote screenplays for small screen films such as Ecos (2006) and Codi 60 (2011). He worked as writer for television series such as Majoria absoluta [es] and El cor de la ciutat, both broadcast on the Catalan public channel TV3.[4]

In cinema, he made himself known as a co-screenwriter alongside Guillem Morales with the thriller Julia's Eyes (2010), produced by Guillermo del Toro. But he had already made some short films such as McGuffin (1998, scriptwriter and director), Tapes (2002, scriptwriter and director) and Eve (2002, scriptwriter and director).

He made his debut as feature film director with the 2012 film The Body, which he also wrote. Paulo was nominated for Best New Director at the Goya Awards and won the Best Film Award at the Fantastic Film Festival in Paris for The Body. In 2016 he wrote the script of Boy Missing, directed by Mar Tarragona. In 2017 Paulo wrote and directed The Invisible Guest, which featured Mario Casas, Barbara Lennie and José Coronado as lead performers. The latter film commanded a great box office performance in China.[2]

From 2016 onwards, Oriol Paulo works as the writer and director of the television series Nit i dia [es].

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Writer
2010 Los ojos de Julia (Julia's Eyes) No Yes
2012 El cuerpo (The Body) Yes Yes
2016 Secuestro (Boy Missing) No Yes
Contratiempo (The Invisible Guest) Yes Yes
2018 Durante la tormenta (Mirage)[5] Yes Yes
2022 Los renglones torcidos de Dios (God's Crooked Lines) Yes Yes

Short Film

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Year Title Director Writer
1998 McGuffin Yes Yes
2001 El foro Yes No
2002 Tapes Yes Yes
2002 Eve Yes Yes

Television

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Year Title Director Writer Notes
2004 Majoría Absoluta No Yes TV series; 2 episodes
2004-2009 El Cor de la Ciutat No Yes Soap opera; 75 episodes
2005 Phatagobirí No Yes TV movie
2006 Ecos Yes Yes
2011 Code 60 No Yes
2016-2017 Nit I Dia Yes Yes TV series; Wrote 25 episodes and directed 11 episodes
2021 El inocente[6] Yes Yes TV Miniseries; 8 episodes
Also executive producer

References

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  1. ^ Green, Jennifer (18 June 2019). "Shanghai: Spanish Director Oriol Paulo on Cracking the China Market With Inventive Thrillers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Oriol Paulo, el cineasta catalán más taquillero en China". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Un llicenciat en Comunicació Audiovisual per la UPF és el director del film que obre el Festival de Sitges" (in Catalan). Universitat Pompeu Fabra. 3 October 2012.
  4. ^ Dios, Marisa de (12 March 2021). "'El inocente' Mario Casas vive una pesadilla en Netflix". El Periódico de Aragón.
  5. ^ Pablos, John Hopewell, Emiliano De; Hopewell, John; Pablos, Emiliano De (2017-05-19). "Atresmedia, Warner Bros. Fire Up Oriol Paulo's 'Mirage' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2020-04-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Estrada, Javier (2021-04-29). "El inocente, la serie de Mario Casas en Netflix lista para arrasar". www.elmundo.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
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