Carlos Marqués-Marcet (born 1983) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and film editor best known for his first fictional film 10,000 km.
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.
Filmography 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")
Non fiction De pizarros y atahualpas (2009, "About Pizarros and Atahualpas") El día que la conocimos (2012, "The day we met her")
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")
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.2006Premio Nacional de Jóvenes Creadores"Amunt i avall"2014Bisnaga de OroBest film in Málaga Film Festival"10,000 km"Bisnaga de PlataBest direction in Málaga Film FestivalBest New Screenwriter in Málaga Film FestivalAward of Film criticism Málaga Film Festival2015Gaudí AwardsBest Film in non-Catalan LanguageBest DirectionBest ScriptBest Film EditionFassbinder AwardBest Revelation FilmGoya AwardsBest New Director2019Bisnaga de OroBest film in Málaga Film Festival"Los días que vendran"2019Bisnaga de PlataBest direction in Málaga Film Festival2020Gaudí AwardsBest Film2021Best Film for Television"La mort de Guillem"
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External links Carlos Marqués-Marcet at Vimeo