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Born April 9, 1960 · Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
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 national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings, and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces, shoots, and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “Catalan auteur.”

Three Goodbyes
2025

Un amor
2023

The Yellow Ceiling
2022

It Snows in Benidorm
2020

Elisa & Marcela
2019

The Bookshop
2017

The Spirit of the Painting
2017

Project Time
2017

It's Not That Cold Siberia
2016

Spain in a Day
2016
'Normal'
2016

Broken Heart is not Like a Broken Vase or a Vase
2016

Endless Night
2015
Talking about Rose. Prisoner of Hissène Habré
2015

Learning to Drive
2014

Another Me
2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013

Yesterday Never Ends
2013

White Tide
2012

Listening to Judge Garzón
2011
Aral, the Lost Sea
2010
Dear John
2010

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009
Women, a Thing for Men
2009

Elegy
2008
Letters to Nora
2007

Invisibles
2007

Paris Je T'aime
2006

The Secret Life of Words
2005

With Good Reason
2004

Journey to the Heart of Torture
2003

My Life Without Me
2003

Those Who Love
1998

Things I Never Told You
1996

Too Old to Die Young
1989
Mira y verás
1984
Light on Broken Glass
The Days of Abandonment
This Man, This Woman
Nobody’s Heart
Bike Me Up

La vida és Verdi
2026

God Sees It
2025

L’Énigme Velázquez
2025

¿Qué (diablos) es España?
2022

Luis García Berlanga: pasado, presente y futuro del cine español
2021

El cerro de los dioses
2019

Querido Fotogramas
2018

It's Not That Cold Siberia
2016

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016

Toni Segarra: The Ads Writer
2016

Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas
2016

Words, Maps, Secrets and Other Things
2015

El culo del mundo
2014

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013

Kill Me Tender
2004

Journey to the Heart of Torture
2003