Isabel Coixet

Birthday: 9 April 1960, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Birth Name: Isabel Coixet Castillo

Isabel Coixet was born on April 9, 1960 in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain as Isabel Coixet Castillo. She is a director and writer, known for Paris, je t'aime (2006), My Life W ...Show More

I never went to film school but I got a lot of education from commercials and I really put in enough Show more I never went to film school but I got a lot of education from commercials and I really put in enough hours not to be in any way afraid of the camera. Hide

[on shooting 'Elegy' in Vancouver] If there was any one problem with Vancouver it was that no one wa Show more [on shooting 'Elegy' in Vancouver] If there was any one problem with Vancouver it was that no one walks fast enough. When we were shooting the exteriors I was constantly asking the extras to move faster. They didn't walk fast enough to pass for New Yorkers. Hide

Anything complicated is now seen as poison at the box office. If Ingmar Bergman was around these day Show more Anything complicated is now seen as poison at the box office. If Ingmar Bergman was around these days Il'm not sure that he would find the money to make any of his films. Hide

I'm comfortable with the word 'feminist' because half the world isn't getting what it deserves. Wome Show more I'm comfortable with the word 'feminist' because half the world isn't getting what it deserves. Women blame themselves for everything that is wrong, and men never do that. We have to stop blaming ourselves for what we don't have and start asking for what we deserve - whether it's more money or more work or whatever. Hide

Isabel Coixet's FILMOGRAPHY

as Director (3) as Creator (2)

Elegy

Another Me

Elisa y Marcela [Sub: Eng]

Learning To Drive