| Who is it? | Writer, Editor, Director |
| Birth Day | May 31, 1973 |
| Birth Place | Pazos Hermos, Ourense, Galicia, Spain, Spain |
| Age | 50 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, actor |
Rodrigo Cortés, a renowned Writer, Editor, and Director in Spain, is anticipated to have a net worth ranging from $100K to $1M in the year 2024. With his exceptional talents and creative storytelling ability, Cortés has garnered considerable success in the film industry. Widely recognized for his distinctive style and remarkable contributions to various acclaimed projects, his net worth reflects his accomplishments and the recognition he has received over the years. As an influential figure in the Spanish film scene, Rodrigo Cortés continues to captivate audiences worldwide with his remarkable storytelling abilities.
... I don’t believe in indie or studio as labels. As an audience member, what I want is to hear strong voices and clear personalities and to feel challenged; not to feel reaffirmed on my own decisions or whatever... it’s never about where you shoot. It’s about what and about how. I mean that. This is not a pro-Hollywood or anti-Hollywood position. I learned to love cinema via the studio movies and of course Scorsese films, Spielberg films, and Hitchcock. All of them did studio pictures with very strong voices. It’s about finding this margin of expressing and exploring the things that touch your sensitive points.
Cortés's fondness for film making started at an early age. At 16 he had already directed his first short film in Super 8. In 1998 he directed the short Yul that won over 20 awards and in 2001 he released 15 Days, a fake documentary in the form of a large short film that earned over 57 awards at festivals, becoming the most awarded Spanish short film of the time.
In 2007 he directed The Contestant (Concursante in Spanish), his first feature film that was released with critical applause and earned several awards, including the Critic's prize at Málaga Film Festival. He directed and edited the 2010 thriller Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and has received considerable acclaim.
In a 2012 interview, following the release of Red Lights, Cortés explained his perspective on independent filmmaking in an online interview:
