Gerardo Olivares

Directing

Gerardo Olivares

Born

1964-01-01 (62)

Place of birth

Córdoba, Spain

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Gerardo Olivares (born 1964) is a Spanish filmmaker and screenwriter. He is married with two children and lives in Madrid. He was the first Spanish man to win the Golden Spike at the prestigious Seminci film festival in Valladolid for his film "14 kilómetros". He received the 2019 Cinema for Peace Award for Justice for his film 'Two Catalonias'. A tireless traveler, Olivares began to travel the world in 1987 while studying Information Science at the Complutense University of Madrid. At the age of twenty he borrowed a Vespa motorcycle from his brother and for four months traveled in the North Cape in Lapland, where he did his first reportage on the nomads who live beyond the Arctic Circle. B…

Known for

Among Wolves poster
6.2

Entre lobos (Among Wolves) tells the remarkable story of a poor country boy named Marcos, who at the age of 7 is handed over to his father's employer, a rich landowner, who in turn delivers him to a life of labor with a hermetic goatherd in an isolated valley. The old man, who lives in a cave, is unused to human company and at first seems not very interested in having a live-in apprentice. The boy, who was abused by his parents, is frightened and equally aloof initially. Despite this, the shepherd begins teaching Marcos how to herd the goats, as well as how to care for himself and how to survive in the wilderness by trapping and fishing.

Among Wolves

2010

Brothers of the Wind poster
7.1

The way of the eagle is to raise two chicks. The stronger is destined always to throw the weaker from the nest. Man also has his ways, often to hurt those closest to him. Lukas suffers at the hands of a father who has withdrawn since the loss of his wife. Killed whilst rescuing the infant Lukas, the boy now carries the burden of her death. Our eagle’s story begins in the nest. The first-born chick pushes his weaker brother to a certain death on the forest floor. But fate intervenes and the chick is found by Lukas. Naming him Abel, Lukas cares for the creature in secret, finding a love and companionship denied to him at home. But when the day comes to release Abel back into the wild, will Lukas find his own release into a new life?

Brothers of the Wind

2015

The Lighthouse of the Orcas poster
7.0

A mother travels to Patagonia with her autistic son with the hope that a ranger and a pod of wild orcas can help him find an emotional connection.

The Lighthouse of the Orcas

2016

The Sleeper. The Lost Caravaggio poster
7.6

A painting hanging in a house in Madrid is causing a stir as it is thought to be a lost work by the great Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio.

The Sleeper. The Lost Caravaggio

2025

4L poster
5.9

To find Joseba, a dying friend, and see him reunite with his daughter Ely, two old friends, Jean Pierre and Tocho, embark with her on a road trip through the Sahara desert, from Spain to Mali.

4L

2019

The hunger in the world explained to my son poster
NR

Every five seconds a child under the age of ten dies of hunger. Every four minutes a person loses their sight due to a lack of vitamin A. According to the United Nations, 963 million people - almost one in six inhabitants of our planet - are seriously malnourished. At present, the right to food is surely, of all human rights, the one that is violated with the most impunity. Jean Ziegler argues that hunger is caused by human injustice and assures that today the world could produce enough food to feed the world's population. Among the main causes of this disaster, Ziegler points to stock market speculation, which forces cereal prices to rise, and the appearance of biofuels as a new source of energy. Burning food to keep millions of cars on the roads is a crime against humanity. Hunger is no inescapable destiny. A starving child is killed. The current world order of globalized financial capitalism is not only deadly, it is also absurd. Whoever speculates on staple foods kills children.

The hunger in the world explained to my son

—

Behind the camera

Among Wolves poster
6.2

Entre lobos (Among Wolves) tells the remarkable story of a poor country boy named Marcos, who at the age of 7 is handed over to his father's employer, a rich landowner, who in turn delivers him to a life of labor with a hermetic goatherd in an isolated valley. The old man, who lives in a cave, is unused to human company and at first seems not very interested in having a live-in apprentice. The boy, who was abused by his parents, is frightened and equally aloof initially. Despite this, the shepherd begins teaching Marcos how to herd the goats, as well as how to care for himself and how to survive in the wilderness by trapping and fishing.

Among Wolves

2010

Among Wolves poster
6.2

Entre lobos (Among Wolves) tells the remarkable story of a poor country boy named Marcos, who at the age of 7 is handed over to his father's employer, a rich landowner, who in turn delivers him to a life of labor with a hermetic goatherd in an isolated valley. The old man, who lives in a cave, is unused to human company and at first seems not very interested in having a live-in apprentice. The boy, who was abused by his parents, is frightened and equally aloof initially. Despite this, the shepherd begins teaching Marcos how to herd the goats, as well as how to care for himself and how to survive in the wilderness by trapping and fishing.

Among Wolves

2010

Brothers of the Wind poster
7.1

The way of the eagle is to raise two chicks. The stronger is destined always to throw the weaker from the nest. Man also has his ways, often to hurt those closest to him. Lukas suffers at the hands of a father who has withdrawn since the loss of his wife. Killed whilst rescuing the infant Lukas, the boy now carries the burden of her death. Our eagle’s story begins in the nest. The first-born chick pushes his weaker brother to a certain death on the forest floor. But fate intervenes and the chick is found by Lukas. Naming him Abel, Lukas cares for the creature in secret, finding a love and companionship denied to him at home. But when the day comes to release Abel back into the wild, will Lukas find his own release into a new life?

Brothers of the Wind

2015

The Lighthouse of the Orcas poster
7.0

A mother travels to Patagonia with her autistic son with the hope that a ranger and a pod of wild orcas can help him find an emotional connection.

The Lighthouse of the Orcas

2016

The Lighthouse of the Orcas poster
7.0

A mother travels to Patagonia with her autistic son with the hope that a ranger and a pod of wild orcas can help him find an emotional connection.

The Lighthouse of the Orcas

2016

The Sleeper. The Lost Caravaggio poster
7.6

A painting hanging in a house in Madrid is causing a stir as it is thought to be a lost work by the great Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio.

The Sleeper. The Lost Caravaggio

2025

4L poster
5.9

To find Joseba, a dying friend, and see him reunite with his daughter Ely, two old friends, Jean Pierre and Tocho, embark with her on a road trip through the Sahara desert, from Spain to Mali.

4L

2019

4L poster
5.9

To find Joseba, a dying friend, and see him reunite with his daughter Ely, two old friends, Jean Pierre and Tocho, embark with her on a road trip through the Sahara desert, from Spain to Mali.

4L

2019

The hunger in the world explained to my son poster
NR

Every five seconds a child under the age of ten dies of hunger. Every four minutes a person loses their sight due to a lack of vitamin A. According to the United Nations, 963 million people - almost one in six inhabitants of our planet - are seriously malnourished. At present, the right to food is surely, of all human rights, the one that is violated with the most impunity. Jean Ziegler argues that hunger is caused by human injustice and assures that today the world could produce enough food to feed the world's population. Among the main causes of this disaster, Ziegler points to stock market speculation, which forces cereal prices to rise, and the appearance of biofuels as a new source of energy. Burning food to keep millions of cars on the roads is a crime against humanity. Hunger is no inescapable destiny. A starving child is killed. The current world order of globalized financial capitalism is not only deadly, it is also absurd. Whoever speculates on staple foods kills children.

The hunger in the world explained to my son

—

Two Catalonias poster
6.5

Lawmakers and activists with conflicting ideologies speak about the complexities of Catalonia's politics and the fight for its independence from Spain.

Two Catalonias

2018

100 Days of Loneliness poster
5.9

An extraordinary and touching tale about a man alone in the nature.

100 Days of Loneliness

2018

100 Days of Loneliness poster
5.9

An extraordinary and touching tale about a man alone in the nature.

100 Days of Loneliness

2018

The Great Match poster
6.7

A comedy about the attempts of tribal groups around the world to watch a soccer match.

The Great Match

2006

Haramain: The Train of the Desert poster
NR

The pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the most important religious journeys for millions of people around the world. But how to get there? This documentary shows us how 12 companies met the immense challenge of running a high-speed train through Saudi Arabia's sandy rocky desert in temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius. A true marvel of engineering and cooperation, and together, overcoming obstacles.

Haramain: The Train of the Desert

2021

14 Kilometers poster
6.3

Three people looking for a better life become stranded in the desert with little hope of survival.

14 Kilometers

2007

No artwork available
NR

"Eastern Bazaars" is a tour of major markets, souks and bazaars of Asia, which emerged in the days of the "Silk Road" and have endured the test of time. Some are preserved as the Italian traveler Marco Polo found them. Others, are still surrounded by that special atmosphere where time stood still for centuries.

Eastern Bazaars

2008

No artwork available
NR

After capture in 2010, the story of Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja in fiction in "Entrelobos" Gerardo Olivares has reverted back to the character of the Wild Child of the Sierra Morena. Rodríguez Pantoja was sold by his father when he was just seven years. Abandoned in the bush survived for 12 years amid the wilderness, as one among a pack of wolves. Through archival material and delving into the life of this lone wolf today, will reveal the marks and scars her incredible adventure has left, and how it faces the world from them.

Marcos, el lobo solitario

2012