Known for Directing
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.
Born
September 16, 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
Madrid, Spain
Filmography
33 films, 20 shows


The Beloved
2026 · 2h 15m
country: Spain
The acclaimed film director Esteban Martínez is a legend both for his films and for his past marked by violence and excess. For his new project, he offers his daughter Emilia a role under the pretext of helping her with her stalled acting career. Living together on set will foster a closeness they haven’t shared for years, but it will also reopen old wounds that never healed.


Negación
2022 · 44m
country: Spain
While managing a train accident, Madrid's Civil Protection team is warned of a possible solar storm. Ernesto, a mid-level manager, is the only one convinced that immediate action is needed. When the storm hits, the consequences are devastating and arrive sooner than expected.


The Beasts
2022 · 2h 18m
country: France
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 except 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.


Una Situación Extraordinaria
2020 · 44m
country: Unknown
A man starts noticing strange behavior and even different physical traits in his lover, and starts suspecting something horrifying.


Mother
2019 · 2h 8m
country: Spain
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.


The Realm
2018 · 2h 12m
country: France
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.


Mother
2017 · 18m
country: Spain
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.


Disquisiciones de una pareja que lleva más de seis meses y menos de un año
2017 · 3m
country: Spain


May God Save Us
2016 · 2h 7m
country: Spain
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.


El Iluso
2014 · 25m
country: Spain
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.


Stockholm
2013 · 1h 29m
country: Spain
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.


8 Dates
2008 · 1h 35m
country: Spain
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.