Patricia Ortega

Patricia Ortega (Venezuelan , born 1977) is a Venezuelan film director, screenwriter/scriptwriter & producer. She has won multiple accolades, particularly for her 2018 film Being Impossible, and also in 2024, she won Best Director for her film Mamacruz, in the Carmen Awards

Early life Ortega says that she has been a movie lover since she was young, and so the decision to become a filmmaker was natural. She has studied journalism at university.

Career Ortega studied at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in Cuba, specialising in Film Direction.

Personal life Ortega was raised in a religious Catholic family, and says that she was always the black sheep of the family who did not follow traditional roles. She is divorced, and has lived in Porlamar on the Venezuelan Caribbean island of Margarita. She now lives in Seville, Spain, with her partner.

Filmography Pasajes (2004) Al otro lado del mar (2006) The Return (2013) La T invisible (2017, short film) Being Impossible (2018) Mamacruz (2023) 9 Moons (2026) Caballé (2026)

Awards and nominations Year Event Award Work Result 2013 Festival Entre Largos y Cortos de Oriente (ELCO) Best First Feature The Return 2014 Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival Golden Pelican for Best Fiction Film 2018 Havana Film Festival Unete Award Being Impossible 2019 Femme Revolution Film Fest Best Construction of a Female Character Venezuelan Film Festival Best Director Best Screenplay (with Enmanuel Chávez) Houston International LGBTQ Film FestivalBest Script (with Enmanuel Chávez) 2020Platino AwardsBest Director