Victor ERICE

Director

Country: SPAIN

Biography

After beginning as an essayist and film writer, his first movie was The Spirit of the Beehive, awarded with the First Prize at San Sebastian (1973), achieved a remarkable reception from critics and audiences worldwide. He then directed The South, in Official Selection at the Festival de Cannes 1983. The Quince Tree Sun, his third feature, in collaboration with the artist Antonio Lopez, won the Jury Prize and FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes, 1992. Lifeline, filmed in 2002, was part of the collective film Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet. In 2006 he wrote and directed the medium-length film La Morte Rouge. He is also the author of a video installation conceived for museums, entitled Clamor of the world, silence of the painting, presented in Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and Melbourne. Currently he is working on a documentary series entitled Memory and Dream.

Films presented in Cannes

2002 - TEN MINUTES OLDER - Un Certain Regard Director
1992 - EL SOL DEL MEMBRILLO - In Competition Director, Screenplay
1983 - EL SUR - In Competition Director
1974 - EL ESPERITU DE LA COLMENA - Section parallèle Director

Awards

1992 - Jury Prize - EL SOL DEL MEMBRILLO - Long métrage
1992 - International Critic's Prize by the F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I. - EL SOL DEL MEMBRILLO - Long métrage

Member of the Jury

2010 - Feature films - Member