Isabel Coixet

Biography

Isabel Coixet Castillo (Catalan: [izəˈβɛl kuˈʃɛt]; born 9 April 1960; Sant Adrià del Besòs) is a Spanish filmmaker. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts, and commercials. Her films depart from the traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context ... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings, and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces, shoots, and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “Catalan auteur.”

Directed

1. Paris Je T'aime (2006) — Director
2. My Life Without Me (2003) — Director
3. The Bookshop (2017) — Director
4. Elisa & Marcela (2019) — Director
5. Elegy (2008) — Director
6. Another Me (2013) — Director
7. The Secret Life of Words (2005) — Director
8. Learning to Drive (2014) — Director
9. Three Goodbyes (2025) — Director
10. Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009) — Director
11. Endless Night (2015) — Director
12. Un amor (2023) — Director
13. Things I Never Told You (1996) — Director
14. Foodie Love (2019) — Director
15. It Snows in Benidorm (2020) — Director
16. Yesterday Never Ends (2013) — Director
17. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — Director
18. Invisibles (2007) — Director
19. With Good Reason (2004) — Director
20. Those Who Love (1998) — Director
21. Omnivore (2024) — Director
22. Listening to Judge Garzón (2011) — Director
23. Project Time (2017) — Director
24. Spain in a Day (2016) — Director
25. Broken Heart is not Like a Broken Vase or a Vase (2016) — Director
26. Too Old to Die Young (1989) — Director
27. The Yellow Ceiling (2022) — Director
28. Quelqu’un devrait interdire les dimanches après-midi (2026) — Director
29. Aral, the Lost Sea (2010) — Director
30. White Tide (2012) — Director
31. The Spirit of the Painting (2017) — Director
32. Cuidarnos entre nosotros nos hace humanos (2022) — Director
33. Women, a Thing for Men (2009) — Director
34. Dear John (2010) — Director
35. Peace Peace Now Now (2021) — Director
36. 'Normal' (2016) — Director
37. Journey to the Heart of Torture (2003) — Director
38. Mira y verás (1984) — Director
39. Light on Broken Glass — Director
40. Talking about Rose. Prisoner of Hissène Habré (2015) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Aida, the Movie (2026) — Isabel Coixet (voice)
2. La resistencia (2018) — Invitada
3. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — (voice)
4. Kill Me Tender (2004) — Forense
5. El culo del mundo (2014)
6. Words, Maps, Secrets and Other Things (2015) — Self - Filmmaker
7. Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016) — Self
8. The Veláquez Mystery (2025) — Self
9. Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas (2016) — Self - Filmmaker
10. Querido Fotogramas (2018) — Self
11. El cerro de los dioses (2019) — Isabel Coixet
12. Estirando el Chicle (2020) — Herself
13. ¿Qué (diablos) es España? (2022)
14. Toni Segarra: The Ads Writer (2016) — Herself
15. Luis García Berlanga: pasado, presente y futuro del cine español (2021) — Self - Filmmaker
16. God Sees It (2025) — Self
17. Late Xou con Marc Giró (2023) — Self - Guest
18. It's Not That Cold Siberia (2016) — Self - Filmmaker
19. Journey to the Heart of Torture (2003)
20. La vida és Verdi (2026)
21. En recuerdo a John Berger (2026) — Self
22. Lo + plus (1995) — Self - Guest
23. Els meus pares (2018) — Self - Guest
24. La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català (2019) — Self