Pilar Palomero
Pilar Palomero (born 1980) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
Pilar Palomero
Pedro J Pacheco · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Pilar Palomero
- Born
- 1980
- Birthplace
- Zaragoza, Spain
- Occupation
- Director, screenwriter Pilar Palomero (born 1980) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Education
- School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid · University of Zaragoza · Film.factory
- Known for
- Schoolgirls
- Honours
- Golden Biznaga · Goya Awards · Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film · Gaudí Award for Best Director · Premio Feroz for Best Director
- Languages
- Spanish
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Biography
Biography
Pilar Palomero studied at School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid, University of Zaragoza and Film.factory. The recorded working language is Spanish. Works named in the authority record are Schoolgirls. Distinctions recorded are Golden Biznaga, Goya Awards, Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film and Gaudí Award for Best Director.
Pilar Palomero en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle Uno durante el Festival de Málaga 2020 presentando la película Las niñas
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Pilar Palomero en la rueda de prensa de los ganadores en el Festival de cine de Málaga 2020 en el Cine Albéniz
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Pilar Palomero • Born — 1980 • Birthplace — Zaragoza, Spain • Occupation — Director, screenwriter Pilar Palomero (born 1980) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Biography
Born in Zaragoza in 1980, she has worked as camera operator, assistant, electrician, cinematographer, script editor, editor, scriptwriter and director. She studied at the University of Zaragoza and at the ECAM, where she earned a degree as cinematography director in 2006. After her debut as director in Sonrisas (2005 short film), she directed other short films such as Niño Balcón and Chan Chán. Palomero's directorial debut in a feature film, the 2020 coming-of-age drama Schoolgirls, earned her two Feroz Awards (Best Direction & Best Screenplay) and two Goya Awards (Best New Director & Best Original Screenplay). She shot her third feature, Glimmers, in late 2023. In 2024 she received the Málaga Talent Award at the 27th Málaga Film Festival.
Director
Director
• Year — Title — Notes • 2020 — Schoolgirls — Also writer • 2021 — Letters from the Ends of the World — Omnibus, segment "To Those Who Miss" • 2022 — Venga Juan — Episode: "2009" • 2022 — Motherhood — Also writer • 2024 — Glimmers — Also writer
Accolades
Accolades
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result — Ref. Reference • 2021 — 8th Feroz Awards — Best Director — Schoolgirls • Best Screenplay • 35th Goya Awards — Best New Director • Best Original Screenplay • 13th Gaudí Awards — Best Director • ALMA Awards — Best Screenplay (Drama Feature Film) • 2023 — 15th Gaudí Awards — Best Director — Motherhood • Best Original Screenplay • 10th Feroz Awards — Best Director • 37th Goya Awards — Best Director • 17th Gaudí Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay — Glimmers • 39th Goya Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay
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Literature
Literature
Tensiones entre modelos de mujer en España: la voz de Pilar Palomero en Las niñas, Revista Estudos Feministas, 2024
SIGNIFICACIÓN Y SUBJETIVACIÓN FEMENINA: HÁBITOS DEL CUERPO, EDUCACIÓN DE GÉNERO Y BIOPODER EN LAS NIÑAS (PILAR PALOMERO, 2020), Signa: Revista de la Asociación Española de Semiótica, 2024
Maternidades marginadas, filias fragmentadas y la necesidad de un nuevo vínculo en los largometrajes de Pilar Palomero: Las niñas y La maternal, La caja secreta: género, escenas, imago, letras, ingenios, voces, 2025
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