The director, screenwriter and producer Gerardo Herrero, awarded the RNE Sant Jordi Industry Award 2023

35 years of career and notable participation in 180 films are just some of the merits for which RNE has decided to award the 2023 RNE Sant Jordi Industry Award to the director, screenwriter and producer Gerardo Herrero.

Herrero, winner of 34 awards Goya has numerous milestones throughout his career, among which his election in 1994 as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, or his manifest passion for literature materialized in the adaptation of titles such as Malena is a tango name y The difficult airs from Almudena Grandes, or Comanche territory by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

Creator and director of the film production company Litmus, Gerardo Herrero has produced the best contemporary directors, with whom he has obtained numerous recognitions, such as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, which he obtained for The wind that stirs the barley, by Ken Loach, and the Oscar for The secret of his eyes, by Argentine Juan José Campanella, materialization of his constant efforts to establish bridges with Latin America and promote co-productions.

At 70 years old, he is about to debut as a producer Someone to take care of me, by Elvira Lindo and Daniela Féjerman, and, as director, Under therapy, with Mariela Besuievsky, who competes for the Golden Biznaga of the Malaga Festival of this year.

Sant Jordi Awards 2023

In this 67th edition of the RNE Sant Jordi Cinematography Awards, The beasts, by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and participated by RTVE, has been considered the best Spanish film. Luis Zahera and Anna Castillo will collect the awards for best Spanish performers for The beasts y wild sunflowers, respectively, both films participated by RTVE. five little wolves, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, also with the participation of RTVE, has been considered the best debut film.

In the coming days the Honor Award and Lifetime Achievement Award, which will complete the list of winners of the 67th edition of the RNE Sant Jordi Awards along with the awards for foreign films, headed by Top Gun: Maverick by Joseph Kosinski. Voting will also begin to choose the Rosas de Sant Jordi awards, which recognize the Spanish and foreign films preferred by the public. The awards will be presented on April 25 at a gala in Barcelona.