Isabel Coixet (Catalan pronunciation: [izəˈβɛɫ kuˈʃɛt]) (born 9 April 1962 in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific female film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed seven feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988. Her films follow a departure from 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 and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “catalan auteur”.
Coixet received an M.A. in history from the University of Barcelona in Spain before beginning work on the magazine, Fotogramas, “for which she interviewed a variety of national and international film personalities”. She started her career in advertising, filming commercials before releasing her first feature film in 1988. She has worked as a journalist and as a director for several television advertisements.
Coixet was creative director of JWT,
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