Director and screenwriter Patricia Ferreira dies at 65

2023-12-27 13:24:03

Updated Wednesday, December 27, 2023 – 13:29

Screenwriter and director of film and television, she was the director of films such as I Know Who You Are or So You Don’t Forget Me, nominated for the Goya.

The filmmaker Patricia FerreiraJORDI AVELL

Patricia Ferreirascreenwriter and film and television director, died early this Wednesday at the age of 65 in Madrid, according to Efe sources from CIMA, the association of women filmmakers and audiovisual media, of which she was co-founder.

Screenwriter and director of film and television, Ferreira (Madrid, 1958) was the director of films such as I Know Who You Are or The Impatient Alchemist.

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Graduated in Image Sciences and Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid and after beginning her professional life in film journalism, She developed an extensive career in television as a director of series and fiction programs. (such as the TVmovie Paradise), cultural (such as Treasure Island or A Day in the Life of Our Ancestors) and documentaries (Everyone is Music, The Other Side of Silence, Nearby Paradises, A Country in the Backpack or Equinox ).

In 2000 he directed his first fiction feature film, I Know Who You Are, premiered at the Berlin Film Festivaland for which it was nominated for the Goya award for best new director.

Then came The Impatient Alchemist (2002, award from the Cinema Writers’ Circle for best adaptation); So that you do not forget me (2005, selected in Berlin and nominated for three Goya awards); The wild children (2012, winner of the Golden Biznaga and best script at the Malaga Festival), and Thi Mai, heading to Vietnam (2017), his first comedy.

She was also the author of the short films The First Day, The Dawn of Misrak and The Best Kept Secret, in addition to Professor of Direction at the Community of Madrid Film School (ECAM) and member of the director of the Spanish Film Academy.

The filmmaker will be transferred to the San Isidro funeral home in Madrid where a ceremony will be held late in the afternoon, CIMA sources have indicated.