Carla Simón

Director and screenwriter. She was born in Barcelona but grew up in Les Planes d'Hostoles, a small village in Catalonia. AIDS took away her parents when she was only 6 years of age and she had to live with her aunt and uncle in Ampurdán. This experience was the  inspiration for her first feature film, Estiu 1993 entirely made in Catalan. It was premiered at Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas (Spain). It was selected to represent Spain at the Oscars. Carla Simón graduated from the UUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona with a degree in visual communications in 2009. She obtained a masters degree in tv innovation and quality from the Televisión de Catalunya in 2010 and master of artes from the London Fils School. In London, she directed the documentary Born Positive and the short fiction film Lipstick.

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