| Christina Aziz |
Catalan-Spanish film director, born on April 9, 1960 in the San Adrian de Bezos suburb of Barcelona, Spain. She started working in 1988, and most of her work was in Spain. She directed other films in Canada and the United States. In 1988, she made her debut as a scriptwriter and director in Demasiado Viejo Para Morir Joven (Too Old to Die Young) and was nominated at the Goya Awards as a Best New Director. In 1996, she wrote and directed her first English-language film Things I Never Told You (Cosas que nunca te dije) and received her second nomination at the Goya Awards for Best Original Screenplay. She achieved global success in 2003 thanks to the intimate drama My Life Without Me. Her film The Secret Life of Words (2005) won four Goya Awards for Best Film, Director, Production and Screenplay. Her film, Nobody Wants the Night starred Juliette Binoche, Rinko Kikuchi and Gabriel Byrne; the film opened the 66th Berlin International Film Festival to competition.
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