Sonia Herman Dolz | |
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 Sonia Herman Dolz, 1986 | |
| Born | (1962-11-15)15 November 1962 (age 62) Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Film Director |
| Known for | "Romance de Valentía" (1993) |
Sonia Herman Dolz (born 15 November 1962 inMadrid) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker, who gained international fame in 1993 with her documentary "Romance de Valentía" about the Spanishbullfighting.
Dolz is the daughter of the Czech-Peruvian economist Herman Dolz and the visual artistDora Dolz, who came with her parents to the Netherlands at the age of three. She grew up inRotterdam and studied Spanish language and literature at theUniversity of Leiden. She also studied film and directing at the Free Academy in The Hague, where she graduated in 1994.[1]
Since 1993 she has been working as a filmmaker, screenwriter, photographer and occasionally as a producer, camera-woman and sound-woman. Between 1993 and 1996 she also worked as a documentary maker for theVPRO program Diogenes, and since then she works on her own films.
In 1993, she broke through internationally with her first feature documentary "Romance de Valentía" about the Spanish bullfighting, which was awarded at several European film festivals.[2] Her film "Lagrimas Negras" (1997) about the Cuban old timers bandVieja Trova Santiaguera, won multiple awards, and anticipated Wim Wenders'Buena Vista Social Club, (1999). Sonia's subsequent documentaries include "The Master and His Pupil" about the Russian conductorValery Gergiev, and filmic portraits of the Dutch folk singerFrédérique Spigt, and Sonia's mother, artistDora Dolz.
Sonia's work is distinguished several times among others with theGolden Calf Special Jury Prize in 1998; as the best documentary at the Golden Prague Festival 2003; as best documentary at theBergen International Film Festival in 2004; and with the Pendrecht Culture Prize in 2007 in Rotterdam.[3][4]
Romance de Valentía, 1993
Lágrimas Negras, 1997
Yo soy así, 2000
Master and His Pupil, 2003
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