Carlota Pereda

Spanish director and screenwriter

Film director
screenwriter

Carlota Pereda (born 1975) is a Spanish film and television director and screenwriter.

Biography

Carlota Pereda was born in Madrid in 1975.^[1] She studied at the ECAM.^[2] She began her career in television, developing scripts for Periodistas.^[1] She went on to collaborate in different capacities (including screenwriting and direction) in other television shows such as Mis adorables vecinos, Los hombres de Paco, Águila Roja, Luna, el misterio de Calenda, B&b, de boca en boca, El secreto de Puente Viejo, and Acacias 38.^[3]^[1]

Her first short film was Las rubias ('The Blondes'). Her sophomore short film, Cerdita, won the Forqué Award and the Goya Award for Best Short Film.^[4] Another short film, There Will Be Monsters, followed.^[5] She adapted Cerdita to a full-length format in her debut feature, Piggy (2022), which won the Méliès d'Or.^[6] In October 2022, she began shooting of her second feature, The Chapel.^[7]^[8]^[9] In 2024, she was reported as the creator and showrunner of vampire dramedic thriller television series Death to Love.^[10]

Filmography

Las rubias (2016)
Cerdita (2018)
There Will Be Monsters (2020)
Piggy (2022)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Montoya, Àlex (12 October 2022). "Carlota Pereda gana el Méliès de Oro de Sitges con la película 'Cerdita'". El Nacional.
^ Marinero, Ismael (23 February 2019). "Carlota Pereda, el cuchillo en la mirada". El Mundo.
^ Belinchón, Gregorio (25 January 2022). "'Cerdita', una película sobre el acoso a las adolescentes obesas y una oda a la diferencia". El País.
^ Jiménez, Rafael (14 October 2022). "'Cerdita': Nuestra gran película de terror española". ecartelera.
^ San Martín, Mirian (20 September 2022). "'Cerdita': gordofobia, venganza y sangre en una oda a la diferencia". Voz Populi.
^ Rebolledo, Matías G. (16 October 2022). "Carlota Pereda: 'Quiero hacer cine de palomitas, pero palomitas envenenadas con reflexión'". La Razón.
^ Belinchón, Gregorio (1 November 2022). "The new horror: Nothing is as scary as reality". El País.
^ "Carlota Pereda inicia el rodaje de su segundo largo, 'La ermita', con producción de Filmax y Bixagu". Audiovisual451. 10 November 2022.
^ Hopewell, John (16 May 2023). "Filmax Swoops on 'Piggy' Helmer's 'The Chapel' (Exclusive)". Variety.
^ Hopewell, John (3 March 2024). "'Nowhere' Star Anna Castillo, 'Elite' Icon Ester Expósito Set for 'Death to Love' From 'Piggy' Director Carlota Pereda (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.