Known for Production
Esther García Rodríguez (Cedillo de la Torre, Segovia, July 20, 1956) is a Spanish film producer and production manager, considered one of the most prominent women in Spanish cinema. Since 1986, she has worked with Pedro Almodóvar and is the production manager at El Deseo. She has also distinguished herself by developing a production model associated with auteur independence and by promoting new talent in film directing.
Born
July 20, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Cedillo de la Torre, Segovia, Spain
Filmography
69 films, 2 shows


Vacío Luminoso
2026 · 1h 27m · ES
Filmmaker Oliver Laxe leads his crew and a group of ravers deep into the desert to shoot his feature, Sirāt. Within the confines of his hotel room in Morocco, something unspoken lingers in his chest as Laxe opens up for a recorded conversation. As filming intensifies in the barren landscape, the film begins to inhabit those who take part.


Sirāt
2025 · 1h 55m · ES
A man and his son arrive at a rave lost in the mountains of Morocco. They are looking for Marina, their daughter and sister, who disappeared months ago at another rave. Driven by fate, they decide to follow a group of ravers in search of one last party, in hopes Marina will be there.


It Snows in Benidorm
2020 · 1h 57m · ES
Peter has worked all his life at a Manchester bank. When he is awarded an early retirement, he decides to visit his brother in Benidorm, only to discover that he's disappeared.


The Human Voice
2020 · 30m · ES
A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.


Pain and Glory
2019 · 1h 54m · ES
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.


El Angel
2018 · 1h 55m · AR
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime and death.


Manda huevos
2016 · 1h 35m · ES
A look at the different masculinities portrayed in Spanish cinema through time. (A sequel to “Barefoot in the Kitchen,” 2013.)


Julieta
2016 · 1h 38m · ES
The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.


The Clan
2015 · 1h 49m · AR
In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.


Wild Tales
2014 · 2h 2m · AR
Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.


Barefoot in the Kitchen
2013 · 1h 24m · ES
What was the role of women in Spanish cinema from the 1930s to the present explained through fragments of different films, both fiction and non-fiction. (Followed by “Manda huevos,” 2016.)


I'm So Excited!
2013 · 1h 30m · ES
Something has gone wrong with the landing gear of a plane en route from Madrid to Mexico City. The group of eccentric travelers on the flight, defenseless in the face of danger, indulge in colourful confessionals, while the outlandish crew attempts to find ways to entertain them.


The Skin I Live In
2011 · 2h · ES
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.


José & Pilar
2010 · 1h 57m · BR
A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, and his wife, Pilar del Río. The film shows their whirlwind life of international travel, his passion for completing his masterpiece "The Elephant's Journey", and how their love quietly sustains them throughout.


Broken Embraces
2009 · 2h 7m · ES
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.


My Prison Yard
2008 · 1h 39m · ES
In Madrid, a petty thief who cannot adjust to life outside of jail puts together a theater troupe her friends -- a prostitute, a gypsy, and a Colombian immigrant -- in an attempt to make a go at a relatively straight life.


The Headless Woman
2008 · 1h 27m · AR
After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone.


Cobrador: In God We Trust
2007 · 1h 32m · AR
Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored.


Volver
2006 · 2h 1m · ES
Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.


The Secret Life of Words
2005 · 1h 55m · IE
A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.


My Life Without Me
2003 · 1h 46m · CA
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.


Live Flesh
1997 · 1h 43m · ES
When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!


The Flower of My Secret
1995 · 1h 46m · FR
Middle-aged romance author Leo writes under a pseudonym, since she despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works overseas, is distant both physically and emotionally. As she reevaluates her life and writing, Leo is led to an unexpected relationship with Ángel, a sensitive newspaper editor.