Isabel Herguera

Isabel Herguera

Born 1961
San Sebastián, País Vasco, Spain

Biography

She studied Fine Arts at the Universidad del País Vasco and continued her studies at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf. She later earned a master’s degree from CalArts in Los Angeles, where she directed Los muertitos (1993). In 1997 she founded her own studio Loko Pictures, and in 2003, she returned to Europe, where she became director of Animac, the Catalonia International Animated Film Festival (2003-12) and coordinator of the Laboratorio de imagen en movimiento at Arteleku in San Sebastian (2003-14). She directed animated short films like La gallina ciega (2005), Amar (2010), Under the Pillow (2012), Winter Love (2015) and Kutxa Beltza (2017), that won awards and were nominated for the Goya Prize. Sultana’s Dream (2023) is her first feature film, and was the first European animated film in the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Film Festival.

Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid

Director

Movies
2023

Sultana's Dream

2016

Kalebegiak

Documentaries
2012

Under the Pillow

Short
2023

Illustrated Woman

2015

Winter Love

2014

Sailor's Grave

2010

Ámár

2005

The Blind Hen

Screenwriter

Movies
2023

Sultana's Dream

Documentaries
2012

Under the Pillow

Short
2023

Illustrated Woman

2015

Winter Love

2014

Sailor's Grave

Production designer

Movies
2023

Sultana's Dream

Producer

Movies
2023

Sultana's Dream

Documentaries
2012

Under the Pillow

Short
2014

Sailor's Grave

2010

Ámár