Santiago Zannou
Santiago Zannou | |
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At the 31st Goya Awards in 2017 | |
Born | 1977 Madrid, Spain |
Other names | Santiago A. Zannou |
Santiago Ahuanojinou Zannou (born 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker.
Biography
Zannou was born in 1977 in Madrid,[1] son to a father from Benin and a mother from Aragon.[2][3] He was raised in Carabanchel,[2] leaving for Mallorca at age 19.[4] He moved to Barcelona to study filmmaking at the Centre d'Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya [es] (CECC).[4]
Zannou's debut film The One-Handed Trick (2008) earned him the Goya Award for Best New Director (the film also won Best New Actor and Best Original Song).[2] It was followed by two documentary films, namely El alma de La Roja [es] (2009; a documentary about the Spain national football team) and La puerta de no retorno (2011; tracking the return of his father Alphonse Zannou to Benin with his family 40 years after leaving).[5][3]
His second fiction feature Scorpion in Love (2013), penned alongside Carlos Bardem, earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.[6]
Filmography
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes | Ref. |
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2008 | El truco del manco (The One-Handed Trick) | Yes | Yes | [7] | |
2011 | El alma de la Roja [es] | Yes | Documentary | [5] | |
2011 | La puerta de no retorno | Yes | Documentary | [8] | |
2013 | Alacrán enamorado (Scorpion in Love) | Yes | Yes | [9] | |
2016 | Muna | Yes | Documentary | [10] |
References
- ^ Ojeda, Alberto (25 November 2011). "Santiago Zannou". El Cultural – via El Español.
- ^ a b c Fernández-Santos, Elsa (2 February 2009). "Una nueva vida para Zannou y Langui". El País.
- ^ a b Pereda, Olga (24 November 2011). "Regreso a África". El Periódico de Catalunya.
- ^ a b Álvarez Jiménez, Héctor (28 December 2012). "Santiago A. Zannou. "La marginación que sufrí es mi gasolina: he exprimido mi dolor como mulato de barrio"". Aisge.
- ^ a b "Santiago Zannou recorre la historia de la selección en "El alma de la roja"". La Información. 10 December 2009.
- ^ "Alacrán enamorado". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Torreiro, Mirito (9 January 2009). "El truco del manco". Fotogramas.
- ^ Vall, Pere (15 November 2021). "La puerta de no retorno. Para amantes de los viajes interiores". Fotogramas.
- ^ Marañón, Carlos (12 April 2003). "Alacrán enamorado". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "Santiago Zannou vive la "historia más increíble" con el rodaje de 'Muna'". El Comercio. 26 November 2016.
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- 1989: Ana Díez
- 1990: Rosa Vergés
- 1991: Juanma Bajo Ulloa
- 1992: Julio Medem
- 1993: Mariano Barroso
- 1994: La Cuadrilla: Santiago Aguilar Alvear and Luis Guridi
- 1995: Agustín Díaz Yanes
- 1996: Alejandro Amenábar
- 1997: Fernando León de Aranoa
- 1998: Santiago Segura
- 1999: Benito Zambrano
- 2000: Achero Mañas
- 2001: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- 2002: Julio Wallovits and Roger Gual
- 2003: Ángeles González-Sinde
- 2004: Pablo Malo
- 2005: José Corbacho and Juan Cruz
- 2006: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
- 2007: J. A. Bayona
- 2008: Santiago Zannou
- 2009: Mar Coll
- 2010: David Pinillos
- 2011: Kike Maíllo
- 2012: Enrique Gato
- 2013: Fernando Franco
- 2014: Carlos Marqués-Marcet
- 2015: Daniel Guzmán
- 2016: Raúl Arévalo
- 2017: Carla Simón
- 2018: Arantxa Echevarría
- 2019: Belén Funes
- 2020: Pilar Palomero
- 2021: Clara Roquet
- 2022: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
- 2023: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
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