Mikel Gurrea is a filmmaker born in Donostia in 1985. He graduated from Barcelona’s Pompeu Fabra university and he was awarded with the Obra Social “la Caixa” scholarship to study a Master of Arts Filmmaking at the London Film School. His short films have been selected in festivals such as Venice, San Sebastian and Montreal and his dramatic work for the stage as a playwright has opened in theaters like London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall or Madrid’s Fernan-Gomez. Developed at the Ikusmira Berriak residency, Suro (2022), his feature film debut, was selected in the official selection of the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it was awarded with the prize of the Association of Basque Scriptwriters, the Irizar prize of Basque Cinema and the FIPRESCI award. He is a faculty member of the Pompeu Fabra university and a collaborator of the Cinema en curs programme.
Last update of this profile: 2022
