Isabel Coixet
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Isabel Coixet is a Spanish director born in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, celebrated for intimate, internationally minded dramas frequently centered on grief, illness, and quiet emotional resilience. My Life Without Me, following a young mother's final months after a terminal diagnosis, established her reputation for restrained, emotionally precise English-language filmmaking made with international casts. The Secret Life of Words and Elegy continued her focus on characters processing loss and isolation, while The Bookshop, adapting Penelope Fitzgerald's novel, brought her sensibility to a wider mainstream audience. Elisa & Marcela, based on a real same-sex marriage in early twentieth-century Spain, extended her interest in women navigating repressive social convention. Coixet's consistent, internationally fluent focus on interior emotional life has made her one of Spain's most prolific and widely traveled contemporary directors.
Isabel Coixet
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Isabel Coixet is a Spanish director born in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, celebrated for intimate, internationally minded dramas frequently centered on grief, illness, and quiet emotional resilience. My Life Without Me, following a young mother's final months after a terminal diagnosis, established her reputation for restrained, emotionally precise English-language filmmaking made with international casts. The Secret Life of Words and Elegy continued her focus on characters processing loss and isolation, while The Bookshop, adapting Penelope Fitzgerald's novel, brought her sensibility to a wider mainstream audience. Elisa & Marcela, based on a real same-sex marriage in early twentieth-century Spain, extended her interest in women navigating repressive social convention. Coixet's consistent, internationally fluent focus on interior emotional life has made her one of Spain's most prolific and widely traveled contemporary directors.
Movies
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Paris Je T'aime
2006
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The Bookshop
2017
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Elisa & Marcela
2019
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My Life Without Me
2003
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Elegy
2008
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Learning to Drive
2014
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Three Goodbyes
2025
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Un amor
2023
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It Snows in Benidorm
2020
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Endless Night
2015
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The Secret Life of Words
2005
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Another Me
2013
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Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009
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Those Who Love
1998
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Things I Never Told You
1996
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With Good Reason
2004
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Yesterday Never Ends
2013
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Project Time
2017
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Too Old to Die Young
1989
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Three Goodbyes
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2025
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Un amor
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2023
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The Movie Teller
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2023
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Cuidarnos entre nosotros nos hace humanos
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2022–
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It Snows in Benidorm
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2020
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Foodie Love
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2019–
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Elisa & Marcela
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2019
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The Bookshop
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2017
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Project Time
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2017
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Isabel Coixet and where are they from?
Isabel Coixet is 66 years old, born on April 9, 1960 in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Spain.
What are the most famous roles of Isabel Coixet?
Isabel Coixet is best known for directing Paris Je T'aime, My Life Without Me, The Bookshop.
How many movies has Isabel Coixet directed?
Over a 43-year career (since 1983), Isabel Coixet has directed or written 21 films and worked on 2 TV shows.
What was Isabel Coixet's first movie?
The career of Isabel Coixet began with Light on Broken Glass ().
What is Isabel Coixet's most recent movie or series?
Isabel Coixet's most recent release is En recuerdo a John Berger, which premiered on July 27, 2026.
What TV shows has Isabel Coixet created or directed?
On television, Isabel Coixet has appeared in Foodie Love, Omnivore, Quelqu’un devrait interdire les dimanches après-midi, Cuidarnos entre nosotros nos hace humanos.
Isabel Coixet
1960-04-09 · Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
Isabel Coixet Castillo (Catalan: [izəˈβɛl kuˈʃɛt]; born 9 April 1960; Sant Adrià del Besòs) is a Spanish filmmaker. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts, and commercials. Her films depart from the traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context ... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings, and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces, shoots, and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “Catalan auteur.”