Enrique Urbizu

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Enrique Urbizu

Born January 1, 1962 · Bilbao, Spain (age 64)

Enrique Urbizu Jáuregui (Bilbao, Biscay, November 6, 1962) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He has received the Goya for best direction and original screenplay for 'No habrá paz para los malvados' (2011). Also known for directing and co-writing with Michel Gaztambide films such as 'La Caja 507' (2002), 'La vida mancha' (2003) or 'Todo por la pasta' (1991). He has worked as a screenwrit…

Known For

The Ninth GateThe Ninth Gate · 1999
The Ninth Gate
★ 6.51999
MovieMysteryThriller
A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.
No Rest for the WickedNo Rest for the Wicked · 2011
No Rest for the Wicked
★ 6.02011
MovieThriller
Madrid, the beginning of the century. One day, the police inspector Santos Trinidad coming home very drunk, is involved in a triple murder. But there is a witness who managed to escape and that could incriminate him. Santos undertakes an investigation to locate and eliminate the witness. Meanwhile, Chacón a judge in charge of investigating the triple murder, meticulously advances in the search for the murderer. Santos and Chacon soon discover that what seemed a simple case of drug trafficking is actually something far more dangerous.
Mutant ActionMutant Action · 1993
Mutant Action
★ 6.31993
MovieActionComedy
Waging war against all things glamorous and beautiful, crippled terrorists Acción Mutante plot a series of attacks on society's elite, and attempt the kidnapping of a wealthy socialite at her elaborate wedding reception.
3some3some · 2009
3some
★ 6.02009
MovieRomanceDrama
In an attempt to help his friend Marcos with his impotence, Jaime sets up him up with another friend Josita. But the sex date fails, and so he comes in to help. What first appears to be just another sexual experience for all three evolves to a full romantic relationship.
How to Be Miserable and Enjoy ItHow to Be Miserable and Enjoy It · 1994
How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It
★ 6.71994
MovieComedy
Carmen suddenly becomes a widow at 40 just as her daughter finds herself pregnant. Carmen will try to piece her life back together.
A Real FriendA Real Friend · 2006
A Real Friend
★ 4.92006
MovieHorrorMystery
Estrella, an intelligent teen student, spends most of her time alone at school or home, enjoying horror books and movies, while her widow mother Angela works as a nurse in a hospital. Her favorite author is Stephen King and her only friends are Leatherface and a vampire.
You Live for MeYou Live for Me · 2017
You Live for Me
★ 4.52017
MovieDrama
A tale about the fragile lives of four characters during a month of their lives. One of them, Ana, is waiting for a kidney donor.
Otro veranoOtro verano · 2013
Otro verano
★ 6.02013
MovieDramaThriller
Cano, an obsessed man, comes back to the summer house where his girlfriend Sara disappeared, to recreate the last week they spent together.

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