{{short description|Spanish film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Mikel Rueda Sasieta | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|07|06}} | birth_place = Bilbao, Spain | occupation = Filmmaker, writer | known_for = Hidden Away | website = {{URL|mikelrueda.com}} }}
'''Mikel Rueda Sasieta''' (born {{Start date|df=y|1980|7|6}}) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
He is a graduate in audiovisual communication with a specialty in script from the University of Navarra.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://mikelrueda.com/?page_id=23|title=BIO – Mikel Rueda}}</ref> He worked as a producer in Euskal Telebista (EITB) for four years and, after working on several short films, he received a scholarship to study at the New York Film Academy, where he did his post-graduate work in Film Direction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-27 |title=Mikel Rueda |url=http://www.filmotecavasca.com/eu/mikel-rueda-sasieta |access-date=2023-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127234430/http://www.filmotecavasca.com/eu/mikel-rueda-sasieta |archive-date=27 November 2018 }}</ref>
==Career== Mikel Rueda made his film debut as both a director and a writer in 2007 with the release of his short film, ''Presente Perfecto''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guiadelocio.com/cine/personajes/mikel-rueda|title = Mikel Rueda}}</ref> His first feature length film, ''Izarren argia'' was released in 2010 at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.<ref name="auto"/> He filmed his first full length documentary, ''Quinta Plata'', in New York in 2016.<ref name="auto"/>
Many of his films and short films contain themes of the gay and queer community as he believes there is still a lot for the community to claim.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/06/27/tentaciones/1498570367_401559.html| title = World Pride 2017: ¿Existe el cine queer combativo en España o lo gay se ha vuelto comercial? Nuestros directores responden {{!}} Tentaciones {{!}} EL PAÍS| newspaper = El País| date = 28 June 2017| last1 = Martínez| first1 = Beatriz}}</ref>
He has directed films in English, Spanish, and Basque.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Mikel Rueda: Director/Guionista | url=http://mikelrueda.com/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127222619/http://mikelrueda.com:80/ | access-date=2025-02-12 | archive-date=2012-11-27}}</ref>
== Filmography == * ''Presente Perfecto'' (2007) * ''Cuando Corres'' (2010) * ''{{ill|Stars to Wish Upon|es|Estrellas que alcanzar}}'' (2010) * ''{{ill|Agua!|es}}'' (2012) * ''Hidden Away'' (2014) * ''Nueva York. Quinta planta'' (2016) * ''{{ill|The Double Plus Fifteen|es|El doble más quince}}'' (2019) * ''Veneno'' (2020) * ''Vestidas de azul'' (2023) * ''The Gardener'' (2025)
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Festival ! Category ! Film ! Outcome |- | 2014 | Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival | Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Award | rowspan=2| ''A escondidas'' | {{Nominated}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.nihrff.de/hidden-away/|title=Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival ||website=en.nihrff.de}}</ref> |- | 2015 | Queer Lisboa – Lisbon Gay & Lesbian Film Festival | Jury Prize | {{Nominated}} |- | 2016 | San Sebastian International Film Festival | Best Basque Screenplay | ''Nueva York. Quinta planta'' | {{Won}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2016/awards_and_jury_members/awards/1/6325/in|title = San Sebastian Film Festival}}</ref> |- |}
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