Javier Ruiz Caldera
{{Short description|Spanish film director}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Javier Ruiz Caldera at 2016 MFF.jpg
| caption = At the 33rd Miami Film Festival in 2016
| birth_date = 1976
| birth_place = Viladecans, Spain
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|television director}}
| alma_mater = ESCAC
}}
Javier Ruiz Caldera (born 1976) is a Spanish film director, primarily known for his comedy films.
Biography
Born in Viladecans, province of Barcelona, in 1976,{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20181122/entrevista-javier-ruiz-caldera-director-superlopez-7162665|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|date=22 November 2018|first=Julián|last=García|title=Javier Ruiz Caldera ('Superlópez'): "Los cómics han sido mi refugio de infancia"}} Javier Ruiz Caldera graduated from the ESCAC in 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/5/vivir/72650/javier-ruiz-caldera-este-viernes-a-las-doce-en-emma|website=La Voz de Almería|title=Javier Ruiz Caldera, este viernes a las doce en EMMA|date=5 December 2014}} Following his beginnings in cinema in the early 2000s underscored by short films such as Treitum and Diminutos del calvario, his 2009 feature debut, Spanish Movie, a spoof film, became a box-office hit in Spain, grossing over 7.6 million € in its domestic theatrical run.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/estrenos/anacleto-agente-secreto-la-pelicula|website=Espinof|title='Anacleto: Agente Secreto', la película|date=1 September 2015|first=Mikel|last=Zorrilla}}
In addition to his work in cinema, he has also directed episodes of the comedy series Mira lo que has hecho and in El ministerio del tiempo's episode "Tiempo de lo oculto" (2016).{{Cite web|url=https://www.rac1.cat/programes/via-lliure/20220312/411851426181/javier-ruiz-caldera-director-cinema-malnazidos-spanish-movie-hollywood-pellicules-xavi-bundo.html|website=RAC1|title=Javier Ruiz Caldera: "Mai m'he pres seriosament els cants de sirena de Hollywood"|date=12 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/culturas/tv/201605/09/borja-cobeaga-vasco-atrapado-20160509150931.html|website=El Correo|title=Borja Cobeaga, un vasco atrapado en 'El Ministerio del Tiempo'|first=Iñaki|last=Juez|date=9 May 2016}}
Filmography
;Director (feature films)
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- 2009 — Spanish Movie{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/spanish-movie-18059/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Spanish Movie|date=4 December 2009|first=Carlos|last=Marañón}}
- 2012 — Promoción fantasma (Ghost Graduation){{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/promocion-fantasma-18724/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo|date=3 February 2012|title=Promoción fantasma}}
- 2013 — 3 bodas de más (Three Many Weddings){{Cite web|date=25 June 2013|first=Manuel|last=Yáñez Murillo|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a513290/3-bodas-de-mas-513290/|website=Fotogramas|title=3 bodas de más. Para fans de la comedia de hoy y de siempre}}
- 2015 — Anacleto, agente secreto (Spy Time){{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2015/09/03/actualidad/1441296596_749283.html|website=El País|first=Jordi|last=Costa|title=Al servicio de su paternidad|date=4 September 2015}}
- 2018 — Superlópez{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20181122/critica-pelicula-superlopez-javier-ruiz-caldera-dani-rovira-7161251|date=22 November 2018|first=Beatriz|last=Martínez|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|title='Superlópez': una inteligente comedia de aventuras}}
- 2020 — Malnazidos{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/critica-malnazidos-pelicula-inaugural-festival-sitges-marcado-pandemia-733465|website=HobbyConsolas|first=Raquel|last=Hernández Luján|title=Crítica de Malnazidos, la película inaugural del Festival de Sitges, marcado por la pandemia|date=9 October 2020}}
- 2022 — Un hombre de acción{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/butaca/en-rodaje/javier-ruiz-caldera-20220201190633-ntrc.html|website=El Correo|title=Javier Ruiz Caldera lleva a la pantalla la vida del Robin Hood anarquista|author=Boquerini|date=1 February 2022}}
- 2025 — Wolfgang (extraordinari)
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;Director (TV series)
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- 2024 — Bandidos
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Category:Film directors from Catalonia