María Ripoll

María Ripoll

Born 1964
Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Biography

She directed Twice Upon a Yesterday in London and won best screenplay at the Montreal International Film Festival, the Audience Award at Sitges and Seattle Film Festival. Also she was nominated for best new director at Goya Awards. Tortilla Soup, shot in LA, was a box office success in the USA and received 9 nominations for the ALMA Awards. She returned to Spain to direct Utopia and Your Life in 65 Minutes. In 2012 she produced and directed Cromosoma Cinco for TVE. Between Bombay and Barcelona, she directed Traces of Sandalwood, which won best film at the Gaudí Awards and the Audience Award in Montreal. In 2015 and 2016, she directed It’s Now or Never and Don’t Blame It on Your Karma!, both big box office hits. In 2019, she directed Live Twice, Love Once. She directed War of Likes in Mexico for Sony and Prime Video. She directed the TV series A Private Affair, 2022 for Prime Video. In the same year, We Wont’ Kill Each Other with Guns premieres at the Malaga Film Festival.

Festival de Málaga. Cine en Español.

Director

Actress

Movies
2019

Live Twice, Love Once

Documentaries
2008

Cinemacat.cat

Performer

Screenwriter

Movies
1996

Domain of the Sense