Rodrigo Cortés
- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 31, 1973 in Pazos Hermos, Ourense, Galicia, Spain
- Active Years
- 1989–2025 (37 Years)
- Total Credits
- 82 credits in database
Biography
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Name: Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez.
Born: 31 May 1973.
Place of Birth: Pazos Hermos, Ourense, Galicia, Spain.
Occupations: Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, writer, and occasional actor.
Known for: Directing the 2010 psychological thriller Buried.
Other credits/known for: Love Gets a Room (2021), Red Lights (2012).
Red Lights details: Psychological thriller (2012) featuring Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Elizabeth Olsen, and Cillian Murphy.
Editor credit: Buried.
Known credits count: 30 (TMDB).
Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez was born on May 31, 1973, in Pazos Hermos, Ourense, Galicia, Spain. He is a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, writer, and occasional actor. He is best known for directing the 2010 psychological thriller Buried, for which he also served as an editor. His other known works include the 2012 psychological thriller Red Lights, which features Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Elizabeth Olsen, and Cillian Murphy, as well as Love Gets a Room (2021). According to The Movie Database, he has 30 known credits and is recognized for his work in directing.
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Career overview
Rodrigo Cortés Giraldez, born on May 31, 1973, in Pazos Hermos, Ourense, Galicia, Spain, is a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, writer, and occasional actor. He has accumulated 30 known credits and is best known for directing the 2010 psychological thriller Buried, for which he also served as an editor.
Continuing his career in feature filmmaking, Cortés directed the 2012 psychological thriller Red Lights, which featured a cast including Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Elizabeth Olsen, and Cillian Murphy. His later directorial work includes the film Love Gets a Room, which was released in 2021.
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Career timeline
Full Filmography
82 titles- Vincent Finch: 10 años después (2025) as Rodrigo Cortés
- Escape (2024) Director
- Escape (2024) Screenplay
- Escape (2024) Producer
- Escape (2024) Editor
- Stories to Stay Awake (2021) Writer
- Stories to Stay Awake (2021) Director
- Stories to Stay Awake (2021) Editor
- Undercover Wedding Crashers (2021) Thanks
- Love Gets a Room (2021) Screenplay
- Love Gets a Room (2021) Editor
- Love Gets a Room (2021) Director
- Love Gets a Room (2021) Executive Producer
- #AbroHilo (2019) as Self
- Down a Dark Hall (2018) Music Producer
- Down a Dark Hall (2018) Director
- Down a Dark Hall (2018) Editor
- Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas (2014) Script Consultant
- Lennon or McCartney (2014) as Self
- 1:58 (2014) Writer
- 1:58 (2014) Director
- Grand Piano (2013) Second Unit Director
- Grand Piano (2013) Producer
- Por activa y por pasiva (2013) Producer
- Por activa y por pasiva (2013) Editor
- Por activa y por pasiva (2013) Music Producer
- Por activa y por pasiva (2013) Writer
- Por activa y por pasiva (2013) Director
- Red Lights (2012) Music Producer
- Red Lights (2012) Director
- Red Lights (2012) Producer
- Red Lights (2012) Screenplay
- Red Lights (2012) Editor
- Apartment 143 (2011) Music Editor
- Apartment 143 (2011) Music Producer
- Apartment 143 (2011) Second Unit Director
- Apartment 143 (2011) Screenplay
- Buried (2010) Director
- Buried (2010) Executive Producer
- Buried (2010) Editor
- Buried (2010) Music Producer
- Buried (2010) Music Editor
- Ilustres Ignorantes (2008)
- Flikken Maastricht (2007) as Pink Panther
- The Contestant (2007) Music Producer
- The Contestant (2007) Director
- The Contestant (2007) Writer
- The Contestant (2007) Editor
- Dirt Devil (2007) as Narrador
- Dirt Devil (2007) Producer
- Dirt Devil (2007) Sound Editor
- Dirt Devil (2007) Editor
- Dirt Devil (2007) Director
- Dirt Devil (2007) Writer
- War (2005) Thanks
- Interruptus (2003)
- Interruptus (2003) Editor
- Dentro (2002) Director
- Dentro (2002) Writer
- Los 150 Metros de Callao (2002) as Narrador
- Los 150 Metros de Callao (2002) Director
- Los 150 Metros de Callao (2002) Writer
- Diminutos del calvario (2001) Director
- Amores Perros (2000) Thanks
- 15 Days (2000) as Rubén Salas
- 15 Days (2000) Editor
- 15 Days (2000) Producer
- 15 Days (2000) Music
- 15 Days (2000) Director
- 15 Days (2000) Writer
- La ley de Murphy (2000) as El Holandés (voice)
- La ley de Murphy (2000) Editor
- Yul (1998) as Narrador
- Yul (1998) Writer
- Yul (1998) Director
- Yul (1998) Editor
- Yul (1998) Producer
- El descomedido y espantoso caso del victimario de Salamanca (1989)
- El descomedido y espantoso caso del victimario de Salamanca (1989) Director
- El descomedido y espantoso caso del victimario de Salamanca (1989) Modeling
- El descomedido y espantoso caso del victimario de Salamanca (1989) Writer
- Freak Shift Executive Producer
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When and where was Rodrigo Cortés born?
Rodrigo Cortés was born on May 31, 1973 in Pazos Hermos, Ourense, Galicia, Spain.
How many credits does Rodrigo Cortés have?
Rodrigo Cortés has accumulated over 82 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1989 to 2025.
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Age in their best-rated roles
- Ilustres Ignorantes (2008) — aged about 35
- 15 Days (2000) as Rubén Salas — aged about 27
- Flikken Maastricht (2007) as Pink Panther — aged about 34
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