Dolores Payás
- Writer
- Director
- Actress
Dolores Payás (sometimes credited as Dolors Payás, her Catalonian name)
was born in Manresa, Barcelona, in 1955. Moved to Mexico and
matriculated at the Mexican Autonomous National University in the
University Centre for Cinematographic Studies department. Her early
work started with short films in black and white and her earliest award
was from the Mexican Ministry of Culture for her short film "ÓLa Imagen
de la Mujer en Medios" in 1995. Between 1980 and 1985 she worked in the
Mexican Educational Television Unit, writing more than 200 didactic
documentaries. In 1986 she returned to Spain where she shared her time
between writing scripts for films and television. Among these, the
telefilm "Laia" for TV3 Catalunya and a biographical documentary on the
life of the Catalonian architect Gaudí. From there a series of
Catalonian projects, from which only "Me Llamo Sara" has reached
certain acclaim outside of Catalonia.
