Santiago Zannou | |
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Born | 1977
Madrid, Spain |
Other names | Santiago A. Zannou |
Santiago Ahuanojinou Zannou (born 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker.
Zannou was born in 1977 in Madrid, [1] son to a father from Benin and a mother from Aragon. [2] [3] He was raised in Carabanchel, [2] leaving for Mallorca at age 19. [4] He moved to Barcelona to study filmmaking at the Centre d'Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya (CECC). [4]
Zannou's debut film The One-Handed Trick (2008) earned him the Goya Award for Best New Director (the film also won Best New Actor and Best Original Song). [2] It was followed by two documentary films, namely El alma de La Roja (2009; a documentary about the Spain national football team) and La puerta de no retorno (2011; tracking the return of his father Alphonse Zannou to Benin with his family 40 years after leaving). [5] [3]
His second fiction feature Scorpion in Love (2013), penned alongside Carlos Bardem, earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. [6]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes | Ref. |
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2008 | El truco del manco (The One-Handed Trick) | Yes | Yes | [7] | |
2011 | El alma de la Roja | Yes | Documentary | [5] | |
2011 | La puerta de no retorno | Yes | Documentary | [8] | |
2013 | Alacrán enamorado (Scorpion in Love) | Yes | Yes | [9] | |
2016 | Muna | Yes | Documentary | [10] |
Santiago Zannou | |
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Born | 1977
Madrid, Spain |
Other names | Santiago A. Zannou |
Santiago Ahuanojinou Zannou (born 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker.
Zannou was born in 1977 in Madrid, [1] son to a father from Benin and a mother from Aragon. [2] [3] He was raised in Carabanchel, [2] leaving for Mallorca at age 19. [4] He moved to Barcelona to study filmmaking at the Centre d'Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya (CECC). [4]
Zannou's debut film The One-Handed Trick (2008) earned him the Goya Award for Best New Director (the film also won Best New Actor and Best Original Song). [2] It was followed by two documentary films, namely El alma de La Roja (2009; a documentary about the Spain national football team) and La puerta de no retorno (2011; tracking the return of his father Alphonse Zannou to Benin with his family 40 years after leaving). [5] [3]
His second fiction feature Scorpion in Love (2013), penned alongside Carlos Bardem, earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. [6]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes | Ref. |
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2008 | El truco del manco (The One-Handed Trick) | Yes | Yes | [7] | |
2011 | El alma de la Roja | Yes | Documentary | [5] | |
2011 | La puerta de no retorno | Yes | Documentary | [8] | |
2013 | Alacrán enamorado (Scorpion in Love) | Yes | Yes | [9] | |
2016 | Muna | Yes | Documentary | [10] |