Jaime Rosales is a Spanish

Spain

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 film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, screenwriter and film producer.

He spent three years in Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

 studying cinema at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de los Baños

San Antonio de los Baños

San Antonio de los Baños is a municipality and city in the Artemisa Province of Cuba.It is located 26 km from the city of Havana, and the Ariguanabo River runs through it. The city was founded in 1802....

 (EICTV) in La Habana, and later at Australian Film Television and Radio School

Australian Film Television and Radio School

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 (AFTRS) in Sydney

Sydney

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, (Australia

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).

He did several successful short films before his long film debut with Las horas del día that received the FIPRESCI Award at Cannes film festival

Cannes Film Festival

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. In 2007 filmed his second film, La soledad.

His cinema is influenced by Robert Bresson

Robert Bresson

-Life and career:Bresson was born at Bromont-Lamothe, Puy-de-Dôme, the son of Marie-Élisabeth and Léon Bresson. Little is known of his early life and the year of his birth, 1901 or 1907, varies depending on the source. He was educated at Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, close to Paris, and...

 or Yasujiro Ozu

Yasujiro Ozu

was a prominent Japanese film director and script writer. He is known for his distinctive technical style, developed during the silent era. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are among the most persistent themes in his body of work...

, he shows fragments of lives with ascetic forms and still shots.
He won the Goya Award for Best Director for La soledad, film that received the Goya for Best Film too.

Filmography

Director and screenwriter:

• 2003: Las horas del día
• 2007: La soledad
• 2008: Tiro en la cabeza

Producer:

• 2003: Las horas del día (Dir: Jaime Rosales)
• 2003: Un instante en la vida ajena (Dir: José Luis López-Linares)
• 2006: La linea recta (Dir: José María de Orbe)
• 2007: La soledad (Dir: Jaime Rosales)
• 2008: Tiro en la cabeza
• 2009: El árbol (Dir: Carlos Serrano Azcona)

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