Javier Macipe

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Javier Macipe
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Macipe in 2025
Born
Javier Macipe Costa

1987 (age 37–38)
Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
Education
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • musician

Javier Macipe Costa (born 1987) is a Spanish filmmaker.

Life and career

Javier Macipe Costa was born in Zaragoza in 1987. [1] He earned a licentiate degree in audiovisual communication from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2010. [1] [2] He also studied direction of actors at the EICTV in Cuba. [3] Some of his early short films include Cuídala bien and Efímera. [3]

His full-length fiction debut The Blue Star (2023) about the spell of Spanish rocker Mauricio Aznar in Argentine province of Santiago del Estero won him the Goya Award for Best New Director (also earning him Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing nominations) at the 39th Goya Awards. [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Díaz, Marcos (19 April 2024). "Javier Macipe: "Para hacer cine hace falta tener empuje y cabezonería"". El Periódico de Aragón . Prensa Ibérica.
  2. ↑ Campo, Soledad (7 December 2014). ""El cine es mi excusa para pasar tiempo con gente extraordinaria"". Heraldo de Aragón .
  3. 1 2 "Javier Macipe, exresidente de la Fundación Gala, premiado en San Sebastián por la historia de un rockero". Córdoba . Prensa Ibérica. 3 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Hopewell, John; Lang, Jamie (8 February 2025). "'The 47,' 'Undercover' Share Best Picture Honors at Spain's Goya Awards in Historic First". Variety .
  5. ↑ Brodersen, Diego (12 September 2024). ""La estrella azul": un largo viaje en busca de la chacarera". Página/12 .

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