Carla Simón

Biography

Carla Simón Pipó is a Spanish filmmaker born on December 29, 1986, in Barcelona. She began her career in filmmaking at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she made two short films, and later graduated with a degree in audiovisual communication at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Her notable films include Summer 1993, Alcarràs, and Romería, for which she won the Berlinale Golden Bear in 2022.