Carlos Marqués-Marcet
Carlos Marqués-Marcet (born 1983) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and film editor best known for his first fictional film 10,000 km.
Carlos Marqués-Marcet

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- Name
- Carlos Marqués-Marcet
- Born
- 1983
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Education
- Pompeu Fabra University
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Nationality
- Spain
- Known for
- 10 and 000 km · Anchor and Hope · They Will Be Dust · The Days to Come
- Honours
- Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film · Gaudí Award for Best Director · Gaudí Award for Best Original Screenplay · Goya Award for Best New Director · Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language · Sant Jordi Prize
- Languages
- Spanish · Catalan · English
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Carlos Marqués-Marcet (born 1983) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and film editor best known for his first fictional film 10,000 km.
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Carlos Marqués-Marcet (born 1983) is a Spanish film director, film editor and screenwriter. The film director was born in Barcelona. Carlos Marqués-Marcet studied at Pompeu Fabra University and University of California, Los Angeles.
Works include 10,000 km, Anchor and Hope, The Days to Come and They Will Be Dust. Languages used include Catalan, English and Spanish. The film director received Gaudí Award for Best Director, Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language and Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film, among others.
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Carlos Marqués-Marcet studied at Pompeu Fabra University and University of California, Los Angeles. The recorded working language is Spanish, Catalan and English. Works named in the authority record are 10,000 km, Anchor and Hope, They Will Be Dust and The Days to Come. Distinctions recorded are Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film, Gaudí Award for Best Director, Gaudí Award for Best Original Screenplay and Goya Award for Best New Director.

Carlos Marqués-Marcet en la rueda de prensa con motivo de la entrega del premio Málaga Talent en el Festival de Málaga 2020. Salon Rossini. Teatro Cervantes
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Carlos Marqués-Marcet en la rueda de prensa con motivo de la entrega del premio Málaga Talent en el Festival de Málaga 2020. Salon Rossini. Teatro Cervantes
Pedro J Pacheco
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Key facts
• Name — Carlos Marqués-Marcet • Born — 1983 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Education — Pompeu Fabra University • Occupation — * Film director • screenwriter • film editor • Years Active — 2006–present • Notable Works — * 10,000 km • Anchor and Hope • En el corredor de la muerte
Biography
Biography
Born in Barcelona, Carlos Marqués-Marcet studied Audiovisual Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona, where he had his degree in 2006. His fourth short film Udols was awarded as the best short film of the year 2008 by Cahiers du Cinéma. In 2008 he flew to Los Angeles (California) to attend a master in Film Direction at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His first fictional film was 10,000 km, made in Barcelona in 2014. This film won a lot of awards in some film festivals, as Málaga Film Festival, Goya Awards (best new director) or Gaudí Awards (best director), among others.
Non fiction
Non fiction
• De pizarros y atahualpas (2009, "About Pizarros and Atahualpas") • El día que la conocimos (2012, "The day we met her")
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Life and career
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1983
Carlos Marqués-Marcet was born on 1 January 1983.
Short films
Short films
• Amunt i avall (2006, "Up and down") • Fora de joc (2007, "Offsides") • Udols (2008, "Howls") • I'll be alone (2010) • 5456 Miles away (2010) • Say goodnight (2011) • The yellow ribbon (2012) • Mateix lloc, mateixa hora (2012, "Same place, same hour")
Films
Films
• 10,000 km (2014) • 13 dies d'octubre (2015, "13 days of October") • Terra ferma / Tierra firme (2017, "Anchor and Hope") • Els dies que vindran (2019, "The Days to Come") • La mort de Guillem (2020, "The death of Guillem") • Polvo serán (2024, "They Will Be Dust")
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Carlos Marqués-Marcet received Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film, Gaudí Award for Best Director, Gaudí Award for Best Original Screenplay, Goya Award for Best New Director, Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language and Sant Jordi Prize.
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result — Ref. • 2006 — Premio Nacional de Jóvenes Creadores — "Amunt i avall" • 2014 — Bisnaga de Oro — Best film in Málaga Film Festival — "10,000 km" • Bisnaga de Plata — Best direction in Málaga Film Festival • Best New Screenwriter in Málaga Film Festival • Award of Film criticism Málaga Film Festival • 2015 — Gaudí Awards — Best Film in non-Catalan Language • Best Direction • Best Script • Best Film Edition — Nominated • Fassbinder Award — Best Revelation Film — Nominated • Goya Awards — Best New Director • 2019 — Bisnaga de Oro — Best film in Málaga Film Festival — "Los días que vendran" • 2019 — Bisnaga de Plata — Best direction in Málaga Film Festival • 2020 — Gaudí Awards — Best Film • 2021 — Best Film for Television — "La mort de Guillem"
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- 1.Screen International. Rotterdam Tiger director: Carlos Marques-Marcet on 'The Days To Come'. Screendaily. 2 February 2019.
- 2.Schedule. sxsw.com.
- 3.10,000 km July 10, 2015 Broad Green Pictures.
- 4.Tierra firme. www.abc.es. 2017.
- 5.Holland, Jonathan. 'The Days to Come' ('Els Dies que Vindran'): Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 2 February 2019.
- 6.Carlos Marques-Marcet triomfa al Festival de Cinema de Màlaga. www.ara.cat. 2019.
- 7.Carlos Marqués-Marcet estrenarà el seu film 'Polvo Serán' al Festival de Toronto. La Vanguardia. 23 July 2024.
- 8.VII Premis Gaudí. www.academiadelcinema.cat.
- 9.XII Premis Gaudí. www.academiadelcinema.cat.
- 10.XIII Premis Gaudí. www.academiadelcinema.cat.
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Carlos Marqués-Marcet is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as having received Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film, Gaudí Award for Best Director and Gaudí Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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