Gerardo Herrero

Gerardo Herrero
Herrero in 2008
Born
Gerardo Herrero Pérez-Gamir

(1953-01-28) 28 January 1953 (age 71)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1988–present

Gerardo Herrero Pérez-Gamir (born 28 January 1953)[1][2] is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. He is a prolific promoter of international coproductions and collaborations between Spain and Hispanic American countries.[3]

From 1993 to 1994, he chaired the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain.[4]

His 1997 film Comanche Territory was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.[5]

Herrero founded Tornasol Films together with Javier López Blanco in 1987.[6] He has often co-produced in tandem with Uruguayan producer Mariela Besuievsky, with whom he has also shared a domestic partnership.[7]

  1. ^ "Gerardo Herrero". Foro EGEDA-FIPCA. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. ^ Domínguez, Amor (4 October 2022). "Asicom premia las artes, la economía y la labor social, divulgadora e institucional". La Nueva España. Prensa Ibérica.
  3. ^ Santaolalla, Isabel (2005). Los «Otros». Etnicidad y «raza» en el cine español contemporáneo. Zaragoza: Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza. p. 213. ISBN 84-7733-753-5.
  4. ^ Lamas, Jorge (25 May 2014). "«'La playa de los ahogados' es la mejor novela policíaca que he leído»". La Voz de Galicia.
  5. ^ "Berlinale: 1997 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  6. ^ Stegmeier, Ion. "Cinco empresas se unen para crear una factoría de cine en Berrioplano". Diario de Navarra.
  7. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (7 March 2019). "Gerardo Herrero & Mariela BesuIevsky, una colaboración transatlántica". El País.