Mariano Barroso
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Mariano Barroso (born 26 December 1959) is a Spanish
film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...
. He has directed more than 20 films since 1982. His 1996 film '' Éxtasis'' was entered into the
46th Berlin International Film Festival The 46th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1996. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-American film ''Sense and Sensibility'' directed by Ang Lee. The retrospective dedicated to American film director, p ...
. Since 9 June 2018, he is the President of the
Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences The Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain ( es, Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, links=no) is a professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of Spanish cinema. Founded in 198 ...
.


Selected filmography

* 1996: '' Éxtasis'' (''Extasis'') * 1999: '' Los lobos de Washington'' * 2001: ''
In the Time of the Butterflies ''In the Time of the Butterflies'' is a historical fiction novel by Julia Alvarez, relating a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. The book is written in the firs ...
'' * 2006: ' * 2011: '' Lo mejor de Eva'' (''Dark Impulse'') * 2013: '' Todas las mujeres'' (''All the Women'')


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* 1959 births Living people Spanish film directors Spanish male screenwriters People from Barcelona 21st-century Spanish screenwriters {{Spain-film-director-stub