Mateo Gil

Mateo Gil
Born	Mateo Gil Rodríguez (1972-09-23) 23 September 1972 Las Palmas, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor, producer
Years active	1992 - present

Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor and producer.

He co-wrote most of Alejandro Amenábar's films with him, and also served as second unit or assistant director in two of this films. Amenábar's The Sea Inside, which Gil co-wrote, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

He was nominated for seven Goya Awards including Best New Director and Best Director, and won four: Best Original Screenplay for The Sea Inside and Agora, Best Adapted Screenplay for The Method and Best Short Film - Fiction for Dime que yo.

Filmography

Year	Title	Functioned as
		Director	Writer	Second unit/ assistant director	Other function
1992	Himenóptero (short)	No	No	No	Cinematographer
1993	Antes del beso (short)	Yes	No	No
1994	Soñé que te mataba (short)	Yes	No	No
1995	Luna (short)	No	No	No	Voice actor as Hitchhicker
1996	Tesis	No	Yes	Yes	Also video operator
	Cómo se hizo Tesis	Yes	No	No
1997	Open Your Eyes	No	Yes	Yes
1998	Allanamiento de morada (short)	Yes	Yes	No
1999	Nadie conoce a nadie	Yes	Yes	No	Also actor as Boy in the bar #2 (uncredited)
	La lengua de las mariposas	No	No	Yes
2004	The Sea Inside	No	Yes	No
2005	The Method	No	Yes	No
2006	Películas para no dormir: Regreso a Moira (TV film)	Yes	Yes	No	Also editor
2008	Dime que yo (short)	Yes	Yes	No	Also producer
2009	Agora	No	Yes	Yes
2011	Blackthorn	Yes	No	No
	Hombre con nube (short)	No	No	No	Producer

External links

• Mateo Gil at the Internet Movie Database