Joaquín Oristrell

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Oristrell and the second or maternal family name is Ventura.

Joaquín Oristrell
At the 2020 Málaga Film Festival
Born	Joaquín Oristrell Ventura (1953-09-15) 15 September 1953 Barcelona, Spain
Occupations	Film director television director screenwriter producer
Relatives	Yolanda Ventura (cousin)

Joaquín Oristrell Ventura (born 15 September 1953) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Born in Barcelona on 15 September 1953, he is the cousin of actress Yolanda Ventura and nephew of trumpeter Rudy Ventura. He has written scripts to Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Fernando Colomo and other directors before his film debut in 1997 with ¿De qué se ríen las mujeres? (United States: DVD title, What Makes Women Laugh?).

Selected filmography

Film

• Éxtasis (1996) (script)
• ¿De qué se ríen las mujeres? (1997)
• Novios (1998)
• Between Your Legs (1999)
• Sin vergüenza (2001) (director and script)
• Los abajo firmantes (2003)
• Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena (2004) (script)
• Inconscientes (2004)
• ¡Hay motivo! (2004)
• Reinas (2005) (script)
• Va a ser que nadie es perfecto (2006) (director)
• El próximo oriente (2006)
• Mediterranean Food (2009)
• Hablar (2015)

Television

• Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1982) (script)
• Cuéntame cómo pasó (2016–present) (script)
• Fugitiva (2018) (creator)
• HIT (2020) (creator)
• La última (2022) (creator)

External links

• Joaquín Oristrell at IMDb