Juana Macías Alba (born 1971) is a Spanish filmmaker.
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Life and career
editJuana Macías Alba was born in Madrid in 1971.[1][2] She earned a licentiate degree in audiovisual communication from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[3] Her short film Siete cafés for semana won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film.[1] After making seven short films, she shot her full-length directorial debut Plans for Tomorrow.[4] It earned her Best Direction and Best New Screenplay awards at the 2010 Málaga Film Festival as well as a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Director.[4]
Her sophomore feature, the comedy Embarazados was released in 2016.[5] It was followed by comedy Under the Same Roof (2019),[6] romantic comedy Sounds Like Love (2021),[7] screwball family comedy El favor (2023),[8] and drama The Girls at the Station (2024).[9][10]
She is a member of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain and the European Film Academy.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b Pérez Gil, Lila (28 February 2000). "Reflejo la vida en Madrid como es: fugaz, impersonal". El País.
- ^ Sardá, Juan (29 January 2016). "Juana Macías". El Cultural – via El Español.
- ^ Núñez Domínguez, Trinidad; Vera Balanza, Teresa (2023). Directoras contemporáneas de cine español. Seville: Editorial Universidad de Sevilla. p. 190. doi:10.12795/9788447224494. ISBN 978-84-472-2449-4.
- ^ a b "Unos noveles que saben mucho de premios Goya". rtve.es. 8 February 2011.
- ^ Dopazo, Antonio (3 February 2016). "'Embarazados': Con capacidad de entretener". Diario de Mallorca. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Kay, Jeremy (29 January 2018). "Sony, Spain's FeelGood Media to produce 'Under The Same Roof'". ScreenDaily.
- ^ Silvestre, Juan (22 June 2021). "'Fuimos canciones': Tráiler de la comedia romántica con María Valverde y Álex González". Fotogramas.
- ^ Hopewell, John (31 October 2023). "'Elite' Producer Zeta's 'Favor' to Filmax (Exclusive)". Variety.
- ^ "'Las chicas de la estación', primeras imágenes del rodaje de lo nuevo de Juana Macías". rtve.es. 17 July 2023.
- ^ "The 2024 HSBC Spanish Film Festival opens with a stunning homage to cinema". Beat Magazine. 20 May 2024.
- ^ Núñez Domínguez & Vera Balanza 2023, p. 190.