Pilar Palomero (born 1980) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.

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.

Works

Director

YearTitleNotes
2020SchoolgirlsAlso writer
2021Letters from the Ends of the WorldOmnibus, segment "To Those Who Miss"
2022Venga JuanEpisode: "2009"
2022MotherhoodAlso writer
2024GlimmersAlso writer

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
20218th Feroz AwardsBest DirectorSchoolgirlsWon
Best ScreenplayWon
35th Goya AwardsBest New DirectorWon
Best Original ScreenplayWon
13th Gaudí AwardsBest DirectorWon
ALMA AwardsBest Screenplay (Drama Feature Film )Won
202315th Gaudí AwardsBest DirectorMotherhoodNominated
Best Original ScreenplayNominated
10th Feroz AwardsBest DirectorNominated
37th Goya AwardsBest DirectorNominated
202517th Gaudí AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayGlimmersNominated
39th Goya AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayNominated

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