{{Short description|Spanish filmmaker (born 1981)}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = Premios Goya 2026 - Mar Coll (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Coll in 2026 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1981}} | birth_place = Barcelona, Spain | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Film director, screenwriter | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Mar Coll''' (born 1981) is a Spanish film director best known for the films ''Three Days With the Family'' and ''We All Want What's Best for Her''.<ref name="lffbio">{{cite web |title=Mar Coll |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/program/person.html?pid=c117cb37-d813-4a82-bff5-65d38b49e4bc&eid= |website=Locarno Film Festival |access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Coll was born in Barcelona. She studied filmmaking at the Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia.<ref name="tab">{{cite web |title=Mar Coll |url=https://www.tabakalera.eus/en/mar-coll/ |website=Tabakalera |access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
== Career == Coll's first feature, the 2009 ensemble drama ''Three Days With the Family'', premiered at the Málaga Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Actor.<ref name="days">{{cite news |last1=Holland |first1=Jonathan |title=Three Days With the Family |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/three-days-with-the-family-1200474352/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |agency=Variety}}</ref> The following year, Coll won the Goya Award for Best New Director and the Gaudí Award for Best Director for the film.<ref name="lffbio" />
In 2013, Coll's film ''We All Want What's Best for Her'', starring Nora Navas as an unsatisfied housewife, debuted at the Valladolid International Film Festival.<ref name="best">{{cite news |last1=Holland |first1=Jonathan |title=We All Want What’s Best for Her (Tots volem el millor per a ella): Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/we-all-want-whats-best-656718/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |agency=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
Coll directed the 2018 limited series ''Matar al padre'', followed by the series ''This Is Not Sweden'' in 2023.<ref name="lffbio" />
''Salve Maria'', Coll's 2024 adaptation of the Katixa Agirre novel ''Mothers Don't'', premiered at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.<ref name="salve">{{cite web |title=Salve Maria |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/program/film.html?fid=f4ab7dc8-bad5-4180-959b-629c712616c4&l=en&eid= |website=Locarno Film Festival |access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="loc77">{{Cite web |title=Locarno77|date=17 August 2024 |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/press/press-releases/2024/palmares-locarno77-pardo-d-oro-to-akiplesa.html |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=Locarnofestival.ch|language=en}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Film === {{Pending films key}} {| class=wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref. |- ! scope="row" | 2004 | ''La última polaroid'' | Short film | align="center | <ref name="lffbio" /> |- ! scope="row" | 2009 | ''Three Days With the Family'' | {{N/a}} | align="center" | <ref name="days" /> |- ! scope="row" | 2013 | ''We All Want What's Best for Her'' | {{N/a}} | align="center" |<ref name="best" /> |- ! scope="row" | 2015 | ''La inquilina'' | Short film | align="center | <ref name="lffbio" /> |- ! scope="row" | 2024 | ''Salve Maria'' | {{N/a}} | align="center" | <ref name="salve" /> |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref. |- ! scope="row" | 2018 | ''Killing the Father'' | align="center" |<ref name="lffbio" /> |- ! scope="row" | 2023 | ''Això no és Suècia'' | align="center" |<ref name="lffbio" /> |}
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominated work ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref. |- ! scope="row" | 2009 | Málaga Film Festival | Best Director | rowspan="4" | ''Three Days With the Family'' | {{Nominated}} | align="center" | <ref name="days" /> |- ! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2010 | Goya Awards | Best New Director | {{Won}} | align="center" | <ref name="lffbio" /> |- | rowspan="2" | Gaudí Awards | Best Director | {{Won}} | align="center" | <ref name="lffbio" /> |- | Best Film in a Catalan Language | {{Won}} | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2014 | rowspan="2" | Gaudí Awards | Best Director | rowspan="2" | ''We All Want What's Best for Her'' | {{Nominated}} |align="center" | <ref name="lffbio" /> |- | Best Screenplay | {{Nominated}} |align="center" | <ref name="lffbio" /> |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2024 | rowspan="2" |Locarno Film Festival | Golden Leopard | rowspan="2" |''Salve Maria'' | {{Nominated}} | align="center" | <ref name="salve" /> |- | Best Performance | Special Mention | align="center" | <ref name="loc77" /> |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|nm2025290}}
{{Goya Award for Best New Director}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coll, Mar}} Category:Mass media people from Barcelona Category:Spanish film directors Category:Living people Category:1981 births