Mateo Gil
Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor and producer. He co-wrote most of Alejandro Amenábar's films with him, and also served as second unit or assistant director in two of his films. Amenábar's The Sea Inside, which Gil co-wrote, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Mateo Gil

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- Name
- Mateo Gil
- Born
- 23 September 1972
- Birthplace
- Las Palmas, Spain
- Birth Name
- Mateo Gil Rodríguez
- Spouse
- Andrea Antezana
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor, producer
- Nationality
- Spain
- Fields
- film
- Honours
- Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay · Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film · Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- Languages
- Spanish
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Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor and producer. He co-wrote most of Alejandro Amenábar's films with him, and also served as second unit or assistant director in two of his films. Amenábar's The Sea Inside, which Gil co-wrote, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Biography
Biography
He was nominated for seven Goya Awards including Best New Director and Best Director, and won four: Best Original Screenplay for The Sea Inside and Agora, Best Adapted Screenplay for The Method and Best Short Film - Fiction for Dime que yo.
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Key facts
• Name — Mateo Gil • Born — 23 September 1972 • Birthplace — Las Palmas, Spain • Birth Name — Mateo Gil Rodríguez • Spouse — Andrea Antezana • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor, producer • Years Active — 1992 – present Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor and producer. He co-wrote most of Alejandro Amenábar's films with him, and also served as second unit or assistant director in two of his films. Amenábar's The Sea Inside, which Gil co-wrote, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He was nominated for seven Goya Awards including Best New Director and Best Director, and won four: Best Original Screenplay for The Sea Inside and Agora, Best Adapted Screenplay for The Method and Best Short Film - Fiction for Dime que yo.
Television
Television
• Year — | Title — Director — Writer — Executive producer — Notes • 2006 — Películas para no dormir: Regreso a Moira — TV film Also editor • 2020 — The Minions of Midas — Limited series Also creator
Identity
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Mateo Gil is recorded with the occupation film screenwriter. Recorded with the occupation cinematographer. Recorded with the occupation director. Recorded as screenwriter, cinematographer, film producer and director.
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Mateo Gil was born at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Birthplace
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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Film
Film
• Year — | Title — Director — Writer — Second unit/ assistant director — Notes • 1996 — Tesis — Story — Also video operator • 1997 — Open Your Eyes • 1999 — Nobody Knows Anybody — Also actor as Boy in the bar #2 (uncredited) • La lengua de las mariposas • 2004 — The Sea Inside • 2005 — The Method • 2009 — Agora • 2011 — Blackthorn • 2016 — Realive • 2018 — The Laws of Thermodynamics • 2024 — Pedro Páramo
Short film
Short film
• Year — | Title — Director — Writer — Second unit/ assistant director — Other — Notes • 1992 — Himenóptero — Cinematographer • 1993 — Antes del beso • 1994 — Soñé que te mataba • 1995 — Luna — Voice actor as Hitchhicker • 1998 — Allanamiento de morada • 2008 — Dime que yo — Also producer • 2011 — Hombre con nube
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