Person
Jurgen Ureña
Directing
Biography
Jurgen Ureña is a graduate of the Film and TV School of Veritas University (Costa Rica) and has a Master's Degree in Creative Documentary from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His short films have been screened at the Cannes, Washington, Hamburg and Cartagena film festivals, among others. His first feature film, Muñecas rusas (2014), received the Best Director Award at the Ícaro Central American Film Festival. Two years later, his second film, Abrazame como antes (2016), received the same recognition, along with the Best Central American Feature Film Award from the Costa Rica International Film Festival, among other awards.
Known for
Los Gigantes
Director
Hold Me Like Before
Director
Dulce Martina
Director
Mirages
Director
Bugs of Light
Director
Costa Rica is Pura Vida
Director
She wore a yellow dress
Director
The Ghost Girl
Director
The Loves of a Witch
Director
The Eye and The Light
Director
Filmography
- 2023The Loves of a WitchDirector
- 2023Los GigantesDirector
- 2022Ways of FishingDirector
- 2021The Ghost GirlDirector
- 2021GregorioDirector
- 2020Dulce MartinaDirector
- 2016Hold Me Like BeforeDirector
- 2014Russian DollsDirector
- 2010She wore a yellow dressDirector
- 2009The tired skinDirector
- 2006MiragesDirector
- 2005From Sun to SunScreenplay
- 2004Costa Rica is Pura VidaDirector
- 1999Variaciones sobre un mismo crimenScreenplay
- 1997Teatro Nacional: Un siglo para soñarAssistant Director
- —The Eye and The LightDirector
- —Bugs of LightDirector
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