Carlota Pereda

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Carlota Pereda
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Holding the trophy for Cerdita at the 33rd Goya Awards
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter

Carlota Pereda (born 1975) is a Spanish film and television director and screenwriter.

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Biography

Carlota Pereda was born in Madrid in 1975. [1] She studied at the ECAM. [2] She began her career in television, developing scripts for Periodistas . [1] She went on to collaborate in different capacities (including screenwriting and direction) in other television shows such as Mis adorables vecinos , Los hombres de Paco , Águila Roja , Luna, el misterio de Calenda , B&b, de boca en boca , El secreto de Puente Viejo , and Acacias 38 . [3] [1]

Her first short film was Las rubias ('The Blondes'). Her sophomore short film, Cerdita, won the Forqué Award and the Goya Award for Best Short Film. [4] Another short film, There Will Be Monsters, followed. [5] She adapted Cerdita to a full-length format in her debut feature, Piggy (2022), which won the Méliès d'Or. [6] In October 2022, she began shooting of her second feature, The Chapel . [7] [8] [9] In 2024, she was reported as the creator and showrunner of vampire dramedic thriller television series Death to Love. [10]

Filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Montoya, Àlex (12 October 2022). "Carlota Pereda gana el Méliès de Oro de Sitges con la película 'Cerdita'". El Nacional.
  2. ↑ Marinero, Ismael (23 February 2019). "Carlota Pereda, el cuchillo en la mirada". El Mundo .
  3. ↑ Belinchón, Gregorio (25 January 2022). "'Cerdita', una película sobre el acoso a las adolescentes obesas y una oda a la diferencia". El País .
  4. ↑ Jiménez, Rafael (14 October 2022). "'Cerdita': Nuestra gran película de terror española". ecartelera.
  5. ↑ San Martín, Mirian (20 September 2022). "'Cerdita': gordofobia, venganza y sangre en una oda a la diferencia". Voz Populi.
  6. ↑ Rebolledo, Matías G. (16 October 2022). "Carlota Pereda: 'Quiero hacer cine de palomitas, pero palomitas envenenadas con reflexión'". La Razón .
  7. ↑ Belinchón, Gregorio (1 November 2022). "The new horror: Nothing is as scary as reality". El País .
  8. ↑ "Carlota Pereda inicia el rodaje de su segundo largo, 'La ermita', con producción de Filmax y Bixagu". Audiovisual451. 10 November 2022.
  9. ↑ Hopewell, John (16 May 2023). "Filmax Swoops on 'Piggy' Helmer's 'The Chapel' (Exclusive)". Variety .
  10. ↑ Hopewell, John (3 March 2024). "'Nowhere' Star Anna Castillo, 'Elite' Icon Ester Expósito Set for 'Death to Love' From 'Piggy' Director Carlota Pereda (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety .
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