Grace Querejeta

Gracia Querejeta Marín (Madrid, August 13, 1962) is a Spanish filmmaker.

Early Years

Querejeta is the daughter of costume designer María del Carmen Marín Maikila and producer Elías Querejeta, who paved the way for her in the world of cinema. She never had a vocation to be an actress and she studied Ancient History at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Professional career

In 1992 he directed his first solo film, Una estación de paso, which received a special Jury Prize at the Valladolid International Film Week. Her debut was followed by The Last Voyage of Robert Rylands and When You Come Back to My Side , a film that tells the story of three sisters who meet again after passing away his mother. The actresses Mercedes Sampietro, Julieta Serrano and Adriana Ozores participated in this film.

In 2004 he directed Héctor, which was awarded the prize for best film at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival in May 2004. Seven tables of French billiards in 2007 earned him several Goya Award nominations for best direction and adaptation of a script.

In 2008 he received the 'Ciudad de Cuenca' of the International Film Festival of Women in Direction in recognition of her career.

Awards

San Sebastian International Film Festival

Medals of the Film Writers Circle

Huesca International Film Festival

Work

• A passing station (1992). Special jury award at Valladolid Film Week.
• The work of rolling (1994). Documentary.
• Robert Rylands' last trip (1996). Award for the best direction, better film, better photography, better assembly and better music awarded by the Film Writers Circle.
• "Di Stefano" (1997). Chapter of the series The Party of the Century.
• Primary (1998). Documentary co-directed with Fernando León de Aranoa and Azucena Rodríguez.
• When you come back to me (1999). Special mention of the jury at the San Sebastian Festival for the quality of the direction and interpretation and the award for the best photograph.
• Hector. (2004). Biznaga de Oro to the best film and award for the best female performance (Adriana Ozores) at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival.
• Seven French billiard tables (2007). Nomination in the Goya Awards to the best movie and best address, among others, besides getting the awards to the best actress (Maribel Verdú) and cast (Amparo Baró).
• 15 years and a day (2013). Biznaga de Oro to the best film and 3 other awards at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival.
• Felices 140 (2015)
• Canasta (2018). Short film on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of L'Hemisfèric (City of Arts and Sciences).
• Waves of crime (2018)
• Invisible (2020)

Controversy with Javier Marías

His film The Last Voyage of Robert Rylands is based on the novel All Souls by Javier Marías. The writer had a bitter controversy in the newspaper El País with Elías and Gracia Querejeta, whom he accused of having disfigured his book until it was unrecognizable. He demanded that all mention of his name and his novel be suppressed in the credits of the same and began a long judicial process that, after two favorable sentences for the writer in 1998 and 2002, ended on March 7, 2006 when the Supreme Court it rejected the appeals presented by the producer of Elías Querejeta and ratified the previous sentences.