Patricia Ferreira (1958 – 27 December 2023) was a Spanish film and television director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Patricia Ferreira was born in

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in 1958. She earned a licentiate degree on Image Sciences and Journalism from the

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. She joined TVE and RNE as a film journalist, and then she became involved with television production and writing at the Spanish public broadcaster. Her feature film directorial debut '' I Know Who You Are'' (2000) earned her a nomination to the

Goya Award for Best New Director The Goya Award for Best New Director () is the Goya Awards, Goya awarded yearly to the best debuting director. The award was first presented at the 4th Goya Awards, fourth edition of the Goya Awards with Ana Díez being the first winner for her fi ...

. It was followed by fiction features such as ''

The Impatient Alchemist ''The Impatient Alchemist'' () is a 2002 Spanish–Argentine film directed by Patricia Ferreira which adapts the novel ' by Lorenzo Silva. It stars Ingrid Rubio, Roberto Enríquez and Chete Lera, also featuring Adriana Ozores and Miguel Ángel S ...

'' (2012) and '' The Wild Ones'' (2012), as well as documentaries and television series. She died in Madrid on 27 December 2023, at the age of 65.

References

1958 births 2023 deaths Spanish women film directors Spanish women screenwriters Film directors from Madrid 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 20th-century Spanish women writers 21st-century Spanish screenwriters 21st-century Spanish women writers Writers from Madrid Complutense University of Madrid alumni {{Spain-film-director-stub