Maite Ruiz de Austri

For more than 25 years, until 2018, Maite Ruiz de Austri was the only woman in Spain to direct animated feature films. She has produced a long list of award-winning films, television programs, and series. In addition, she is a screenwriter and director of television series, documentaries of both animation and fiction.^[1]

She was one of the founding members of the Association of Women Filmmakers [es] (CIMA) that was created to "give a boost to the role of women in film, especially in jobs of responsibility.^[2] She is a member of the Academy of Sciences and Cinematographic Arts of Spain.^[1]

• 1995 Goya Award for Best Animated Film for The Return of the North Wind^[3]
• 1999 Goya Award for Best Animated Film for Qué vecinos tan animales!^[4]
• Nominated for 2002 Goya Award for Best Animated Film for The Legend of the Unicorn^[5]
• Gold Medal and Platinum Remi Award at the 2009 Houston International Film Festival for Animal Channel^[6]
• Nominated for 2010 Goya Award for Best Animated Film for Animal Channel^[7]
• Nominated for 2011 Goya Award for Best Animated Film for El tesoro del rey Midas^[8]
• Nominated for 2014 Goya Award for Best Animated Film for El Extraordinario Viaje de Lucius Dumb^[9]

• 1992 - The Legend of the North Wind
• 1993 - The Return of the North Wind
• 1998 - Que vecinos tan animales!
• 2001 - The Legend of the Unicorn
• 2008 - Animal Channel
• 2010 - El tesoro del rey Midas^[10]
• 2013 - El extraordinario viaje de Lucius Dumb: Los derechos humanos tu mejor instrumento
• 2018 - La bola dorada^[11]