Gerardo Herrero
{{short description|Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
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| image = Gerardo Herrero, Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, March 07, 2008.jpg
| caption = Herrero in 2008
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| birth_name = Gerardo Herrero Pérez-Gamir
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|01|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
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| occupation = {{cslist|Film producer|film director|screenwriter}}
| yearsactive = 1988{{ndash}}present
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Gerardo Herrero Pérez-Gamir (born 28 January 1953){{Cite web|url=http://www.foroegeda.com/FEAI_CVGerardoHerrero.asp|website=Foro EGEDA-FIPCA|title=Gerardo Herrero|access-date=28 November 2022}}{{Cite web|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|url=https://www.lne.es/videos/sociedad/2022/10/04/asicom-premia-artes-economia-labor-76799836.html|website=La Nueva España|title=Asicom premia las artes, la economía y la labor social, divulgadora e institucional|first=Amor|last=Domínguez|date=4 October 2022}} is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. He is a prolific promoter of international coproductions and collaborations between Spain and Hispanic American countries.{{Cite book|page=213|title=Los «Otros». Etnicidad y «raza» en el cine español contemporáneo|first=Isabel|last=Santaolalla|location=Zaragoza|publisher=Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza|year=2005|isbn=84-7733-753-5}}
From 1993 to 1994, he chaired the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/vigo/2014/05/25/playa-ahogados-mejor-novela-policiaca-leido/0003_201405V25C7991.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=25 May 2014|first=Jorge|last=Lamas|title=«'La playa de los ahogados' es la mejor novela policíaca que he leído»}}
His 1997 film Comanche Territory was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1996/02_programm_1996/02_Programm_1996.html |title=Berlinale: 1997 Programme |accessdate=2012-01-13 |work=berlinale.de}}
Herrero founded the Tornasol Films together with Javier López Blanco in 1987.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/cultura-ocio/cultura/2021/11/25/cinco-empresas-unen-crear-factoria-cine-berrioplano-508711-1034.html|title=Cinco empresas se unen para crear una factoría de cine en Berrioplano|first=Ion|last=Stegmeier|website=Diario de Navarra}} He has often co-produced in tandem with Uruguayan producer Mariela Besuievsky, with whom he has also shared a domestic partnership.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/02/26/eps/1551178526_776360.html|date=7 March 2019|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera|title=Gerardo Herrero & Mariela BesuIevsky, una colaboración transatlántica|website=El País}}
Filmography as film director
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- 1994: Desvío al paraíso
- 1995: Malena es un nombre de tango (Malena Is a Name from a Tango)
- 1997: Territorio Comanche (Comanche Territory)
- 1998: Frontera Sur
- 1999: América mía
- 2000: Las razones de mis amigos
- 2001: El lugar donde estuvo el paraiso
- 2003: El misterio Galíndez (The Galíndez File)
- 2004: El principio de Arquímedes (The Archimedes Principle)
- 2004: Ni locas, ni terroristas
- 2005: Heroína (Heroine)
- 2006: Los aires difíciles (Rough Winds)
- 2007: Una mujer invisible
- 2008: Que parezca un accidente
- 2009: Night Runner
- 2011: Silencio en la nieve (Frozen Silence)
- 2013: Lejos del mundo
- 2013: Crimen con vista al mar
- 2015: La playa de los ahogados[http://www.sensacine.com/peliculas/pelicula-228823/trailer-19541778/ La playa de los ahogados (película)]
- 2019: El asesino de los caprichos (The Goya Murders){{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a29515781/asesino-caprichos-critica-pelicula/|title=Crítica de 'El asesino de los caprichos'|website=Fotogramas|first=Mireia|last=Mullor|date=18 October 2019}}
- 2023: Bajo terapia (Under Therapy){{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=14 March 2023|first=Nuria|last=Vidal|title=Crítica de 'Bajo terapia'|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-de-bajo-terapia-5109622/}}
- 2024: Raqa (Raqqa: Spy vs. Spy){{Cite web|website=ScreenDaily|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|title=‘Raqqa: Spy Vs Spy’: Seville Review|date=14 November 2024|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/raqqa-spy-vs-spy-seville-review/5199164.article}}
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Filmography as film producer
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- 1988: La boca del lobo. by Francisco J. Lombardi
- 1990: Caídos del cielo. by Francisco J. Lombardi
- 1992: Un paraguas para tres. by Felipe Vega
- 1993: Le journal de Lady M. by Alain Tanner
- 1994: Desvío al paraíso. by Gerardo Herrero
- 1995: Guantanamera. by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- 1995: Malena es un nombre de tango. by Gerardo Herrero
- 1996: Éxtasis. by Mariano Barroso
- 1996: Bajo la piel. by Francisco J. Lombardi
- 1997: Cosas que dejé en La Habana. by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
- 1997: Martín (Hache). by Adolfo Aristarain
- 1997: Mensaka. by Salvador García Ruiz
- 1998: El Pianista. by Mario Gas
- 1999: El corazón del guerrero. by Daniel Monzón
- 2000: Nueces para el amor. by Alberto Lecchi
- 2000: El otro barrio. by Salvador García Ruiz
- 2000: Lista de Espera. by Juan Carlos Tabío
- 2000: Las razones de mis amigos. by Gerardo Herrero
- 2000: Sé quién eres. by Patricia Ferreira
- 2000: Krámpack. by Cesc Gay
- 2000: Tinta roja. by Francisco J. Lombardi
- 2000: Kasbah. by Mariano Barroso
- 2000: Le harem de Mme Osmane by De Nadir Moknèche.
- 2001: El hijo de la novia. by Juan José Campanella
- 2001: Sin vergüenza. by Joaquín Oristrell
- 2001: Hombres felices. by Roberto Santiago
- 2001: L'amore imperfetto. by Giovanni Davide Maderna
- 2002: Lugares comunes. by Adolfo Aristarain
- 2002: El último tren. Corazón de fuego. by Diego Arsuaga
- 2002: Rosa la china. by Valeria Sarmiento
- 2002: Aunque estés lejos. by Juan Carlos Tabio
- 2003: La vida mancha. by Enrique Urbizu
- 2003: El misterio Galíndez/The Galindez File. by Gerardo Herrero
- 2003: En la ciudad. by Cesc Gay
- 2004: Luna de Avellaneda. by Juan José Campanella
- 2004: La vida que te espera. by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
- 2004: Nubes de verano. by Felipe Vega
- 2004: Machuca. by Andrés Wood
- 2004: Seres queridos. by Dominic Harari
- 2004: Inconscientes. by Joaquín Oristrell
- 2004: Perder es cuestión de método. by Sergio Cabrera
- 2005: El penalti más largo del mundo. by Roberto Santiago
- 2005: Hormigas en la boca. by Mariano Barroso
- 2005: Heroína. by Gerardo Herrero
- 2005: Los aires difíciles. by Gerardo Herrero
- 2006: Mujeres en el parque by Felipe Vega{{Cite web|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|website=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/women-in-the-park-1200510820/|title=Women in the Park|date=28 January 2007}}
- 2009: Castillos de papel. by Salvador García Ruiz{{Cite web|website=Variety|date=22 November 2009|title=Paper Castles|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/paper-castles-1200477317/}}
- 2009: El secreto de sus ojos. by Juan José Campanella
- 2012: Todos tenemos un plan by Ana Piterbarg{{Cite web|website=Variety|first=Rob|last=Nelson|title=Everybody Has a Plan|date=7 October 2012|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/everybody-has-a-plan-1117948490/}}
- 2012: ¡Atraco! by Eduard Cortés{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/hold-up-1117948770/|title=Hold-Up!|date=18 November 2012|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|website=Variety}}
- 2016: Que Dios nos perdone by Rodrigo Sorogoyen{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/may-god-save-us-que-931100/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=20 September 2016|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|title=‘May God Save Us’ (‘Que Dios Nos Perdone’): Film Review {{!}} San Sebastian 2016}}
- 2018: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. by Terry Gilliam
- 2021: El sustituto by Oscar Aibar{{Cite web|url=https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/malaga/sevi-festival-malaga-2021-sustituto-thriller-policiaco-oscar-aibar-explora-nazismo-desde-denia-202106071810_noticia.html|website=ABC|title='El sustituto', un thriller policiaco con el que Óscar Aibar explora el nazismo desde Denia|date=7 June 2021|first=Pablo|last=Marinetto}}
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0380547}}
- [http://cvc.cervantes.es/actcult/cine/testimonios/lugares/lugares_08.htm Coproducciones, por Gerardo Herrero], 2001, Instituto Cervantes
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015157/http://www.culturalianet.com/art/ver_e.php?nombre=6957 Filmografía completa]}}, en {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020216165216/http://www.culturalianet.com/ Culturalia]}}.
- [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=190558 The New York Times]
- [https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/77802/1/EC_V24N2_V25N1-2_243.pdf]
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