Mateo Gil

Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor and producer.

He co-wrote most of Alejandro Amenábar's films with him, and also served as second unit or assistant director in two of his films. Amenábar's The Sea Inside, which Gil co-wrote, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

He was nominated for seven Goya Awards including Best New Director and Best Director, and won four: Best Original Screenplay for The Sea Inside and Agora, Best Adapted Screenplay for The Method and Best Short Film - Fiction for Dime que yo.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Writer Second unit/assistant director Notes 1996 Tesis Also video operator 1997 Open Your Eyes 1999 Nobody Knows Anybody Also actor as Boy in the bar #2(uncredited) La lengua de las mariposas 2004 The Sea Inside 2005 The Method 2009 Agora 2011 Blackthorn 2016 Realive 2018 The Laws of Thermodynamics 2024 Pedro Páramo

Short film Year Title Director Writer Second unit/assistant director Other Notes 1992 Himenóptero Cinematographer 1993 Antes del beso 1994 Soñé que te mataba 1995 Luna Voice actor as Hitchhicker 1998 Allanamiento de morada 2008 Dime que yo Also producer2011 Hombre con nube Television Year Title Director Writer Executive producer Notes 2006 Películas para no dormir: Regreso a Moira TV filmAlso editor 2020 The Minions of Midas Limited seriesAlso creator