Marta Balletbò-Coll

Marta Balletbò-Coll (born 1960, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat) is a Catalan actress, film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Marta Balletbò-Coll
Born1960
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia
OccupationFilm actress, director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer

Biography

Balletbò-Coll earned a degree in analytical chemistry from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Barcelona, and later worked as a journalist from 1982 to 1986. She subsequently worked as a translator in the United States, where she earned a Master's degree in cinematography from Columbia University in New York City on a Fulbright-LaCaixa scholarship.

Cinematographic career

After Balletbò-Coll worked in multiple American advertising agencies, she founded Costabrava Films with Ana Simón Cerezo, with their first movie, Costa Brava, being released in 1995, which was very successful at Frameline Film Festival.

In 2006, she was awarded with the National Film Award of Catalonia,[1] granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya for the production of her film Sévigné.[2] The film also won the grand prix of the Créteil International Women's Film Festival in 2006.

Filmography
  • 2004: Sévigné
  • 1998: Cariño, he enviado los hombres a la luna!
  • 1995: Costa Brava
  • 1992: Intrepidíssima (short film)
  • 1991: Harlequin Exterminator (short film)

Awards
Butaca Awards
Year Category Movie Result
2005 Best Catalan Movie Sévigné Won
2003 Best Catalan Actress Sévigné Nominated
Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival
Year Category Movie Result
2006 Best Feature Film Sévigné Won
1996 Best Feature Film Costa Brava Won
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References
  1. Noticia sobre los Premios Nacionales de la Generalidad de Cataluña (en catalán)
  2. Crítica sobre la película (en catalán)
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