Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia.
Born	(1974-03-18) 18 March 1974 (age 50) Abadiño, Basque Country, Spain
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	2004–present

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia (Basque: [ɡalder ɣas̻telu urutia]; born 17 February 1974) is a Spanish film and advertising director and producer.[1] He made his feature-film debut with The Platform (2019), a dystopian science fiction-horror film.

Early life and education

Gaztelu-Urrutia was born on 17 February 1974 in Bilbao.[2] He completed a B.A. in business management with a specialization in international trade.[1]

Career

He directed the short films 913 (2004) and The House on the Lake (2011).[1] He also directed commercials.[1] His feature film debut was in 2019 with the dystopian science fiction-horror film The Platform (its Spanish title is El hoyo, transl. The Hole).[1] About the film, he said the point is "it isn’t about a war between those above and those below — we all have someone above us and someone below us".[3]

In February 2023, Deadline announced his next film will be a thriller titled Rich Flu, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jonah Hauer-King.[4]

Influences and style

Gaztelu-Urrutia has named Dante's Divine Comedy as one of his literary influences for The Platform, as well as films such as Buñuel's The Exterminating Angel (1962), Jeunet's Delicatessen (1991), Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) and Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976).[5]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer
2019	The Platform	Yes	No	No
2024	The Platform 2	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Rich Flu	Yes	Yes	Yes

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
2004	913	Yes	Yes	No
2011	The House on the Lake	Yes	No	No

Awards

The Platform won the People's Choice Award for Midnight Madness at the Toronto Film Festival,[6] and garnered four honours at the Sitges Film Festival: Best Film, Best New Director, Best Special Effects and the Audience Award.[1]

References

1. Rivera, Alfonso (16 October 2020). "Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia • Director of The Platform". cineuropa.org. Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
2. "Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia". Basque Films. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
3. Jones, Sam (16 April 2020). "What Netflix's The Platform tells us about humanity in the coronavirus era". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
4. Wiseman, Andreas (17 February 2023). "'Rich Flu': Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rafe & Tim Spall, Lorraine Bracco & Jonah Hauer-King Among Cast For Fabula Thriller Filming In Spain & Senegal — EFM". Deadline Hollywood.
5. "Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia: "Los humanos somos una especie miserable y peligrosa"". El Cultural. 8 November 2019.
6. Jessica Wong, "TIFF 2019: Jojo Rabbit captures TIFF People's Choice Award". CBC News, 15 September 2019.