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Maria Ripoll

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Maria Ripoll was born in 1964 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is a director and writer, known for Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998), Live Twice, Love Once (2019) and Traces of Sandalwood (2014).
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      • 6 wins & 12 nominations total

    Known for

    Penélope Cruz and Lena Headey in Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)
    Twice Upon a Yesterday
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1998
    Oscar Martínez, Inma Cuesta, and Mafalda Carbonell in Live Twice, Love Once (2019)
    Live Twice, Love Once
    7.2
    • Director
    • 2019
    Nandita Das, Aina Clotet, and Naby Dakhli in Traces of Sandalwood (2014)
    Traces of Sandalwood
    6.6
    • Director
    • 2014
    El domini del sentits (1996)
    El domini del sentits
    6.5
    • Director(segment "L'oïda")
    • 1996

    Credits

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    Director

    • El fantasma de mi mujer
      • Director
      • In Production
      • 2025
    • Marina Salas in También esto pasará (2025)
      También esto pasará
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Adam Jezierski, Verónica Echegui, and Silma López in Yo no soy esa (2024)
      Yo no soy esa
      4.9
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Jean Reno and Aura Garrido in A Private Affair (2022)
      A Private Affair
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director (as María Ripoll)
      • 2022
    • Nosaltres no ens matarem amb pistoles (2022)
      Nosaltres no ens matarem amb pistoles
      4.9
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Ludwika Paleta and Regina Blandón in Guerra de likes (2021)
      Guerra de likes
      5.0
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Oscar Martínez, Inma Cuesta, and Mafalda Carbonell in Live Twice, Love Once (2019)
      Live Twice, Love Once
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Álex García, Verónica Echegui, and David Verdaguer in No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (2016)
      No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas
      4.7
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Gracia Olayo, Jordi Sánchez, Clara Lago, María Valverde, Yolanda Ramos, Melody, Joaquín Núñez, and Dani Rovira in Ahora o nunca (2015)
      Ahora o nunca
      5.2
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Nandita Das, Aina Clotet, and Naby Dakhli in Traces of Sandalwood (2014)
      Traces of Sandalwood
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Cromosoma cinco (2013)
      Cromosoma cinco
      7.5
      Video
      • Director
      • 2013
    • 50 años de (2009)
      50 años de
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Javier Pereira and Tamara Arias de Saavedra in Your Life in 65 Minutes (2006)
      Your Life in 65 Minutes
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Utopía (2003)
      Utopía
      5.2
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Hector Elizondo, Elizabeth Peña, Tamara Mello, and Jacqueline Obradors in Tortilla Soup (2001)
      Tortilla Soup
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Penélope Cruz and Lena Headey in Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)
      Twice Upon a Yesterday
      6.1
      • Director
      • 1998

    Writer

    • Marina Salas in También esto pasará (2025)
      También esto pasará
      6.3
      • screenplay by
      • 2025
    • Adam Jezierski, Verónica Echegui, and Silma López in Yo no soy esa (2024)
      Yo no soy esa
      4.9
      • written by
      • 2024
    • Cromosoma cinco (2013)
      Cromosoma cinco
      7.5
      Video
      • writer
      • 2013
    • Selma Blair and Max Beesley in Kill Me Later (2001)
      Kill Me Later
      6.1
      • short film "Kill Me Later"
      • 2001
    • Nova ficció (1997)
      Nova ficció
      4.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1997
    • El domini del sentits (1996)
      El domini del sentits
      6.5
      • screenplay
      • 1996
    • Kill Me Later
      Short
      • screenplay
      • 1993
    • Bar
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1987

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Cròniques de la veritat oculta (1997)
      Cròniques de la veritat oculta
      7.4
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1997
    • All You Only
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 1991
    • Capità Escalaborns (1991)
      Capità Escalaborns
      6.2
      • assistant director
      • 1991
    • Ya semos europeos (1989)
      Ya semos europeos
      6.0
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1989
    • Moon Child (1989)
      Moon Child
      6.0
      • first assistant director (as María Ripoll)
      • 1989
    • El complot dels anells (1988)
      El complot dels anells
      5.3
      • first assistant director
      • 1988
    • La veritat oculta (1987)
      La veritat oculta
      4.7
      • assistant director (as María Ripoll)
      • 1987
    • Zelda Rubinstein in Anguish (1987)
      Anguish
      6.7
      • second assistant director
      • 1987

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      • María Ripoll
    • Born
      • 1964
      • Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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