Jurgen Ureña

Biography

Jurgen Ureña is a graduate of the Film and TV School of Veritas University (Costa Rica) and has a Master's Degree in Creative Documentary from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His short films have been screened at the Cannes, Washington, Hamburg and Cartagena film festivals, among others. His first feature film, Muñecas rusas (2014), received the Best Director Award at the Ícaro Central American Film Festival. Two years later, his second film, Abrazame como antes (2016), received the same recognition, along with the Best Central American Feature Film Award from the Costa Rica International Film Festival, among other awards.

Directed

1. Hold Me Like Before (2016) — Director
2. Los Gigantes (2023) — Director
3. The Ghost Girl (2021) — Director
4. The Loves of a Witch (2023) — Director
5. Ways of Fishing (2022) — Director
6. The Eye and The Light — Director
7. Russian Dolls (2014) — Director
8. Variaciones sobre un mismo crimen (1999) — Director
9. Dulce Martina (2020) — Director
10. Gregorio (2021) — Director
11. She wore a yellow dress (2010) — Director
12. The tired skin (2009) — Director
13. Costa Rica is Pura Vida (2004) — Director
14. Mirages (2006) — Director
15. From Sun to Sun (2005) — Director
16. Bugs of Light — Director