Isaki Lacuesta
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- Film director
- lecturer
Isaki Lacuesta | |
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 Lacuesta in 2025 | |
| Born | 28 November 1975 Girona, Spain |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona |
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| Employer | Pompeu Fabra University |
| Partner | Isa Campo |
Isaki Lacuesta (born 28 November 1975) is a Spanish film director from Catalonia. His work includes documentary film, narrative film and video art.
Lacuesta was born into a family of Basque origin. He studied audiovisual communication at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and obtained his master's degree in documentary film making at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where he now works as a lecturer in documentary film making. He also teaches at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, the Centre d'estudis cinematogràfics de Catalunya, and the University of Girona.
He is a longtime collaborator and domestic partner of Isa Campo, after whom he rebranded his first name as Isaki (he is actually named Iñaki).[1][2]
- 2011: Golden Shell for Best Film at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for Los pasos dobles[3][4]
- 2011: Caracola a la trayectoria at the Alcances Festival in Cádiz[5]
- 2011: Eloy de la Iglesia Award at the Málaga Film Festival[6]
- 2011: Pantalla Hall Award for young film makers at the Ibn Arabi Festival in Murcia[7]
- 2009: Spanish FIPRESCI Prize at the Donostia-San Sebastián Festival[8]
- 2006: Spain film prize from the city of Donostia-San Sebastián
