María Zamora (producer)

{{Short description|Spanish film producer}}

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María Zamora (born 1976) is a Spanish film producer.

Born in Valencia,{{Cite web|first=Alberto|last=Sisí Sánchez|title=María Zamora: “En mi carrera hay una clara tendencia a apoyar cine firmado por mujeres desde hace bastante tiempo. Es algo que decidí hace casi diez años|url=https://www.vogue.es/articulos/maria-zamora-productora-cine-carla-simon-premios-goya-2024|website=Vogue|date=4 February 2024}} Zamora earned a licentiate degree on Business Administration & Management from the University of Valencia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.epe.es/es/cultura/20240603/maria-zamora-premio-nacional-cinematografia-2024-103289568|website=El Periódico de España|date=3 June 2024|title=María Zamora, el poder en la sombra del 'boom' femenino del cine español|first=Jacobo de|last=Arce|publisher=Prensa Ibérica}} After completing a master's degree on audivisual production, she moved to Madrid to work for Avalon Productions, later Avalon PC. In 2021, she founded production and distribution company Elastica Films along with Enrique Costa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/la-productora-maria-zamora-premio-nacional-de-cinematografia-2024/|website=Audiovisual451|title=La productora María Zamora, Premio Nacional de Cinematografía 2024|date=3 June 2024}} She has produced films such as {{ill|Mapa (film)|es|Mapa (película)|lt=Mapa}}, They Are All Dead, María (and Everybody Else), The Days to Come, My Mexican Bretzel, Amar, Libertad, Summer 1993, Alcarràs, and The Rye Horn.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/espana/2024/06/03/maria-zamora-productora-de-alcarras-creatura-y-o-corno-gana-el-premio-nacional-de-cinematografia-2024/|date=3 June 2024|first=Cynthia|website=Infobae|last=Serna Box|title=María Zamora, productora de ‘Alcarrás’, ‘Creatura’ y ‘O Corno’, gana el Premio Nacional de Cinematografía 2024}} In 2024, the Spanish Ministry of Culture awarded her the National Cinematography Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-06-03/la-productora-maria-zamora-galardonada-con-el-premio-nacional-de-cinematografia.html|website=El País|date=3 June 2024|first=Gregorio|last=Belinchón|title=María Zamora, productora de ‘Alcarràs’ y ‘O corno’, galardonada con el Premio Nacional de Cinematografía}}