Mateo Gil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mateo Gil

Spanish film director

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1972

Place of Birth: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Profession: screenwriter, cinematographer, film director, film producer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor and producer. He co-wrote most of Alejandro Amenábar's films with him, and also served as second unit or assistant director in two of this films.
Amenábar's The Sea Inside, which Gil co-wrote, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He was nominated for seven Goya Awards including Best New Director and Best Director, and won four: Best Original Screenplay for The Sea Inside and Agora, Best Adapted Screenplay for The Method and Best Short Film - Fiction for Dime que yo.