Mateo Gil

For the conquistador, see Mateo Gil (conquistador). For the baseball player, see Mateo Gil (baseball).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gil and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director,^[1] screenwriter,^[1] second unit director,^[1] assistant director,^[1] cinematographer,^[1] editor and producer.

Mateo Gil
Born	Mateo Gil Rodríguez (1972-09-23) 23 September 1972 (age 52) Las Palmas, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor, producer
Years active	1992 – present
Spouse	Andrea Antezana

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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Second unit/ assistant director	Notes
1996	Tesis	No	Story	Yes	Also video operator
1997	Open Your Eyes	No	Yes	Yes
1999	Nobody Knows Anybody	Yes	Yes	No	Also actor as Boy in the bar #2 (uncredited)
	La lengua de las mariposas	No	No	Yes
2004	The Sea Inside	No	Yes	No
2005	The Method	No	Yes	No
2009	Agora	No	Yes	Yes
2011	Blackthorn	Yes	No	No
2016	Realive	Yes	Yes	No
2018	The Laws of Thermodynamics	Yes	Yes	No
2024	Pedro Páramo	No	Yes	No

Short Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Second unit/ assistant director	Other	Notes
1992	Himenóptero	No	No	No	Yes	Cinematographer
1993	Antes del beso	Yes	No	No	No
1994	Soñé que te mataba	Yes	No	No	No
1995	Luna	No	No	No	Yes	Voice actor as Hitchhicker
1998	Allanamiento de morada	Yes	Yes	No	No
2008	Dime que yo	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Also producer
2011	Hombre con nube	No	No	Yes	No

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive producer	Notes
2006	Películas para no dormir: Regreso a Moira	Yes	Yes	No	TV film Also editor
2020	Los Favoritos De Midas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited series Also creator