José Luis Rebordinos

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

José Luis Rebordinos
Born	José Luis Rebordinos Miramón (1961-09-22) 22 September 1961 (age 63) Errenteria, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Occupation	Festival director

José Luis Rebordinos Miramón (born 22 September 1961) is a Spanish festival programmer. He has been the director of the San Sebastián International Film Festival since 2011.

Biography

José Luis Rebordinos Miramón[1] was born on 22 September 1961 in Errenteria.[2][3] He earned a degree in Special Pedagogy.[4] He directed the first edition of the San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in 1989.[5] As responsible for the cinema department of Donostia Kultura, he also directed the San Sebastián Film and Human Rights Festival.[4] In 2011, he replaced Mikel Olaciregui as director of the San Sebastián International Film Festival (Donostia Zinemaldia).[6] His overarching strategy at the helm of the festival has been guided by the idea of reconciling the audience with the need to make commercial-driven decisions in order for a festival to reach a certain level of media clout.[6]

In 2015, he was bestowed the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts,[1] and in 2021 with Knight rank of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[3]

He is a member of the European Film Academy.[3]

References

1. "Las últimas medallas del año". El Mundo. 29 December 2015.
2. Andrés, Juan G. (4 January 2011). "Biografía cinéfila". Noticias de Gipuzkoa.
3. Landaluze, Koldo (17 September 2021). "La calidad de esta edición está muy por encima de cualquier polémica". Gara.
4. Ezquiaga, Mitxel (28 September 2017). "¿Quiénes mandan en el festival?". Diario Vasco.
5. "Cómo ser José Luis Rebordinos, director de la Semana (1989-2010)". Noticias de Gipuzkoa. 27 October 2010.
6. Vivar Navas, Rosana (2016). Los festivales de cine en la era de los New Media. Una perspectiva lúdica sobre las fiestas del cine y sus públicos (PDF). Universidad de Granada. p. 49.