Isabel Coixet

DirectorWriterActorProducerCinematographer Apr 9 (age 65) Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Spain 1983–2026 (43 year career)

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Biography

Isabel Coixet Castillo (Catalan: [izəˈβɛl kuˈʃɛt]; born 9 April 1960; Sant Adrià del Besòs) is a Spanish filmmaker. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts, and commercials. Her films depart from the traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context ... clearing the path for thinking about na…

Known For

Film

Paris Je T'aime

Director

Film

Elisa & Marcela

Camera Operator

Film

The Bookshop

Camera Operator

Film

My Life Without Me

Camera Operator

Film

The Secret Life of Words

Associate Producer

Film

Elegy

Camera Operator

Film

Learning to Drive

Camera Operator

Film

Three Goodbyes

Director

Filmography

Acting (22)

Movies (16)

La vida és Verdi

2026 Upcoming

Jun 19

The Veláquez Mystery

as Self

God Sees It

as Self

¿Qué (diablos) es España?

2022

6.0

Luis García Berlanga: pasado, presente y futuro del cine español

2021

as Self - Filmmaker

3.0

El cerro de los dioses

as Isabel Coixet

Querido Fotogramas

as Self

Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas

2016

as Self - Filmmaker

4.0

It's Not That Cold Siberia

2016

as Self - Filmmaker

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

2016

as Self

5.8

Toni Segarra: The Ads Writer

2016

as Herself

6.0

Words, Maps, Secrets and Other Things

as Self - Filmmaker

El culo del mundo

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

as (voice)

Kill Me Tender

as Forense

Journey to the Heart of Torture

2003

Television (6)

Late Xou con Marc Giró

2023

as Self - Guest

Estirando el Chicle

2020

as Herself

5.5

La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català

2019

as Self

La resistencia

2018

as Invitada

6.0

Els meus pares

2018

as Self - Guest

Lo + plus

1995

as Self - Guest

Crew (112)

Movies (105)

Three Goodbyes

Director

Three Goodbyes

Screenplay

Un amor

Director

Un amor

Writer

The Movie Teller

Screenplay

The Yellow Ceiling

Director

The Yellow Ceiling

Executive Producer

The Yellow Ceiling

Writer

Maruja

Producer

It Snows in Benidorm

Camera Operator

It Snows in Benidorm

Director

It Snows in Benidorm

Writer

Drowning Letters

Associate Producer

Elisa & Marcela

Camera Operator

Elisa & Marcela

Director

Elisa & Marcela

Writer

The Distances

Associate Producer

Hotel Explotación: Las Kellys

2018

Associate Producer

The Bookshop

Camera Operator

The Bookshop

Director

The Bookshop

Screenplay

Nobody's Watching

Co-Producer

The Spirit of the Painting

2017

Director

4.0

The Spirit of the Painting

2017

Producer

4.0

The Spirit of the Painting

Writer

Project Time

Director

It's Not That Cold Siberia

2016

Director

It's Not That Cold Siberia

2016

Director of Photography

It's Not That Cold Siberia

2016

Writer

Spain in a Day

Director

Spain in a Day

Producer

Spain in a Day

Writer

Broken Heart is not Like a Broken Vase or a Vase

2016

Director

4.2

Broken Heart is not Like a Broken Vase or a Vase

2016

Writer

4.2

'Normal'

2016

Director

'Normal'

2016

Screenplay

Endless Night

Camera Operator

Endless Night

Director

Sara's Runaway

Producer

Teeth

Associate Producer

Teeth

Executive Producer

Talking about Rose. Prisoner of Hissène Habré

2015

Director

Talking about Rose. Prisoner of Hissène Habré

2015

Editor

Talking about Rose. Prisoner of Hissène Habré

2015

Executive Producer

Learning to Drive

Camera Operator

Learning to Drive

Director

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Director

Another Me

Director

Another Me

Screenplay

Yesterday Never Ends

Director

Yesterday Never Ends

Executive Producer

Yesterday Never Ends

Writer

White Tide

Director

White Tide

Producer

Listening to Judge Garzón

2011

Camera Operator

3.2

Listening to Judge Garzón

2011

Director

3.2

Listening to Judge Garzón

2011

Editor

3.2

Listening to Judge Garzón

Producer

Dear John

Camera Operator

Dear John

Director

Dear John

Writer

Aral, the Lost Sea

Director

Unmade Beds

Thanks

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

2009

Camera Operator

5.2

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

2009

Director

5.2

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

2009

Writer

5.2

Women, a Thing for Men

Director

Elegy

Camera Operator

Elegy

Director

Elegy

Music Supervisor

Invisibles

Director

Invisibles

Writer

Letters to Nora

Director

Paris Je T'aime

Director

Paris Je T'aime

Writer

Glue

Executive Producer

The Secret Life of Words

2005

Associate Producer

7.0

The Secret Life of Words

2005

Camera Operator

7.0

The Secret Life of Words

2005

Director

7.0

The Secret Life of Words

2005

Music Supervisor

7.0

The Secret Life of Words

2005

Producer

7.0

The Secret Life of Words

Screenplay

With Good Reason

Director

My Life Without Me

Camera Operator

My Life Without Me

Director

My Life Without Me

Writer

Journey to the Heart of Torture

2003

Director

Journey to the Heart of Torture

2003

Screenplay

Jealousy

2002

Executive Producer

Those Who Love

Director

Those Who Love

Screenplay

Meteoritos

Producer

Things I Never Told You

1996

Director

5.3

Things I Never Told You

Screenplay

Too Old to Die Young

Director

Too Old to Die Young

Screenplay

Mira y verás

Director

Mira y verás

1984

Producer

Mira y verás

1984

Screenplay

Morbus

1983

Writer

1.0

Light on Broken Glass

Director

This Man, This Woman

Director

Bike Me Up

Director

Nobody’s Heart

Director

The Days of Abandonment

Director

Television (7)

Quelqu’un devrait interdire les dimanches après-midi

2026

Director

9.2

Quelqu’un devrait interdire les dimanches après-midi

Screenplay

Omnivore

Director

Cuidarnos entre nosotros nos hace humanos

Director

Peace Peace Now Now

Director

Foodie Love

Director

Foodie Love

Writer