1. Paula Ortiz Alvarez was born on 8 January 1979 and is a Spanish director, screenwriter and producer who works for Get in the Pictures Productions and Amapola Films, teaches Audiovisual Communication at the University of Barcelona, and collaborates with the University of San Jorge in Zaragoza.
In 2011, Ortiz was nominated for a Goya Award in the Best New Director category for her film Chrysalis, and later that year won the Pilar Miro Prize for Best New Director at the Valladolid International Film Festival.
Paula Ortiz graduated from the University of Zaragoza in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Hispanic Philology and earned a master's degree in Writing for Cinema and TV from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2003.
Between 2004 and 2008, Paula Ortiz worked at the University of Zaragoza's Department of History of Art as a researcher and professor of Film and Audiovisual Media Studies.
Paula Ortiz defended the thesis on 31 January 2011 at the University of Zaragoza.
Paula Ortiz studied cinema directing in the Graduate Department of Film and Television of the Tisch School of the Arts at University of New York and completed her screenwriting studies at the University of California, Los Angeles Paula Ortiz was member of the Bigas Luna Workshop for narrators, and has participated in the Screenwriters Expo of Los Angeles and other screenwriting forums in Spain and the United States.
Paula Ortiz has so far written and directed two feature films, Chrysalis and The Bride ; a documentary, Tale of Hope ; and several short films, History Explained in Five Minutes, If I Could, I'd Go out for a Stroll Every Night, The Face of Ido, Family Photos and The Gap of Tristan Boj.
At the International Festival of Mons, Paula Ortiz won the FEADORA International Prize for Women's Criticism.
In September 2014, Paula Ortiz finished her second film, The Bride, a loose adaptation of Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca.
Paula Ortiz is an associate professor of the History of Cinema at the University of Barcelona and teaches Screenwriting and Film Analysis at San Jorge University in Zaragoza.
Paula Ortiz contributed to the production of the Hoobs Children's Encyclopaedia for Mizar Multimedia.
Paula Ortiz has directed advertising campaigns for the Government of Aragon and many businesses, such as Women Secret, Pikolin and Ebrosa.
Paula Ortiz has written for magazines and has published several books and articles about narrative and screenwriting.
In 2010, Paula Ortiz founded Poppy Films with Kike Mora, Raul Garcia and Jesus Bosqued.
Paula Ortiz is a member of the managerial board of PEAK and co-founder and vice-president of EWA Network.