Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo (born 16 September 1981) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He won the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Realm. He was previously nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Director for Stockholm, the Goya Award for Best Director, and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for May God Save Us. For the short film Mother, Sorogoyen won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He often works in tandem with Isabel Peña. Born on 16 September 1981 in Madrid, Rodrigo Sorogoyen is the grandson of filmmaker Antonio del Amo. He graduated in history from the Complutense University of Madrid and entered the ECAM in 2004. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rodrigo Sorogoyen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

At Home - Spain

Through different genres (such as romantic comedy, drama or even fantasy), this show takes a look through the viewpoint of five different filmmakers at the unusual context that the coronavirus quarantine provides.

Release Date2020-06-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Carlos

Episode Count1

Vote Count11

Una Situación Extraordinaria

A man starts noticing strange behavior and even different physical traits in his lover, and starts suspecting something horrifying.

Release Date2020-06-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Carlos

Vote Count2

Disquisiciones de una pareja que lleva más de seis meses y menos de un año

Release Date2017-01-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd

Vote Count2

The Beasts

Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be idyllic but for their opposition to a wind turbine project that creates a serious conflict with their neighbors. The tension will rise to the point of irreparability.

Release Date2022-07-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count807

8 Dates

Men and women deal with different stages of love. Desire, jealousy, longing and melancholy are part of the romantic story of each of the characters, including a teacher, a middle-aged couple and a jealous boyfriend.

Release Date2008-04-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count15

Mother

Ten years have gone by since Elena's six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn't find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son. The two of them will embark on a relationship which will sow chaos and distrust around them.

Release Date2019-11-11

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count120

Negación

Release Date2022-09-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Realm

Manuel, a Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes him to the public eye. Rather than admit to any wrongdoing, he decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time. It's a decision that will put many lives at risk.

Release Date2018-09-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count442

May God Save Us

Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to be a serial killer. Their against-the-clock hunt will make them realise something they’d never imagined: neither of them are so very different from the killer.

Release Date2016-10-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count443

Mother

An everyday conversation between Marta and her mother turns into a tragic race against the clock when Marta receives a phone call from Iván, her six-year-old son, who is on holiday in France with his father.

Release Date2017-03-10

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count79

Riot Police

A fictionalised look into the human tragedy of riot police and police brutality in Spain.

Release Date2020-10-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count142

Stockholm

The story of the encounter between a boy and a girl. He confesses that he fell in love with her at first sight, but she does not believe him. However, as they walk through the night in Madrid, they share their desires, secrets, and maybe a few little lies. But soon the film brings us back to the harsh reality of power struggles, psychological games and conflicts between the sexes. Stockholm thus offers an incredible reading of the relations between young people today.

Release Date2013-04-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count108

The Beloved

An acclaimed film director and his daughter, an unsuccessful actress, shoot a film together after years of estrangement and a difficult past that none of them want to talk about.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The New Years

Óscar turns thirty on New Year's Eve with his life almost solved. Ana turns thirty on New Year's Day with her life still unresolved. They meet, fall in love, and begin a relationship that will last ten years.

Release Date2024-11-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count33

El Iluso

Max [Jesús Caba] wakes up without realising that the day before the clocks went back. A chain of events take place over the course of the day as a result of him leaving the house one hour late.

Release Date2014-05-31

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1

Stories to Stay Awake

Release Date2021-11-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count17

Offworld

A solar storm hits the Earth, causing a widespread blackout. In this new reality, five stories unfold, focusing on characters who struggle to adapt to a world without electricity, telecommunications or means of transport, where they are forced to face up to their most primal needs, instincts and fears.

Release Date2022-09-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count29

Impares premium

Impares premium is a Spanish series about comedy and love and stars a multitude of actors.

Release Date2010-11-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Lugares propios

Release Date2009-06-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

The Other Way Around

After 15 years as a couple, Ale and Alex decide to throw a party to celebrate their separation, leaving their loved ones perplexed.

Release Date2024-08-28

Vote Count50