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Albert Serra

Albert Serra

Director, writer, producer, editor and actor · Born October 9, 1975 (51) · Banyoles, Catalonia, Spain

Cannes award winner

Albert Serra ([əɫˈβɛrt ˈsɛrə]; born October 10, 1975; Banyoles, Catalonia) is a Spanish filmmaker, contemporary artist and manager of the production company Andergraun Films, set up by Montse Triola primarily to produce Serra’s films. Besides writing, directing and producing films, Albert Serra writes and produces plays. Graduated in Spanish literature and comparative literature at the University of Barcelona, where he also studied art history. Serra has been called “one of the most singular and radical filmmakers working today.” He is also a big fan of classical music and chess. “I’m not interested in forcing a meaning onto a filmic story. In fact I’d even rather the audience know more than I do about the meaning of my films.”

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 9, 1975 (51)
From
Banyoles, Catalonia, Spain
Works as
Director, writer, producer, editor and actor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 45 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 99% in 30 days

What are Albert Serra's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Survival.

Genres

Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
28%
Survival
26%
Morality
21%
Power
17%
Ideas
8%
Mortality3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Contemplative
4
Dread
2
Cold
2
Melancholic
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Albert Serra's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on MUBI (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Albert Serra's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

45 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 11 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Les roches rouges(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Sixteen Moments of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director · Co-Producer · Editor

  • La vida és Verdi(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Tauromaquia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • Magellan(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Biblioteca de pedra seca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Albert Serra

  • Faith Lacking Deed Lies Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Afternoons of Solitude(2024)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Misericordia(2024)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Cause of The Accident That Started The Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Albert

  • Le cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud(2024)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Être Résistances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Pacifiction(2022)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Screenplay · Writer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Filmoteca de Catalunya 10 anys al Raval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • My Influences (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Editor · as Himself

  • Liberté(2019)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Personalien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Love Me Not (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Thanks

  • Roi Soleil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Editor · Producer · as Self

  • The Death of Louis XIV(2016)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Singularity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Cubalibre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Actor

  • An Afternoon in Geneva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Production Coordinator

  • Story of My Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Screenplay

  • The Three Little Pigs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Editor · Stage Director · Writer

  • 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero(2011)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Lord Worked Wonders in Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Self

  • The Names of Christ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Producer · Writer · Actor

  • Reading a Poem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • El asesino a sueldo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Bauçà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Cinematic Correspondences: Albert Serra – Lisandro Alonso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · as Self

  • Birdsong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Fiasco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · as self

  • L’alto arrigo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Atlètic Club Banyoles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • Rússia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Writer

  • Honour of the Knights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Sant Pere de Rodes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Super 8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Crespià, the Film not the Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Black Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay

  • I Am an Artist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer · as Self

  • Out of This World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • The Valkyrie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 45 titles, 41 of them dated from 2003 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Misericordia (2024)

$1.9M worldwide

Highest rated

Afternoons of Solitude (2024)

Midcredits 85th

Most popular right now

Pacifiction (2022)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting6 of 45: 4 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting35 of 45: 12 only directing, 23 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stWriting19 of 45: 0 only writing, 19 with another roleProducing15 of 45: 3 only producing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stEditing12 of 45: 0 only editing, 12 with another roleOther crew4 of 45: 3 only other crew, 1 with another role

45 titles, 23 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 19 of them.

By decade

2000s12 · 1 acting · 11 crew2010s14 · 2 acting · 14 crew2020s15 · 3 acting · 12 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

1 major award from 10 major nominations, 2006–2022.

WinNomination
  1. 2022
    • Cannes award, nominated ×2
  2. 2019
    • Cannes award, won
    • Cannes award, nominated ×2
  3. 2008
    • Cannes award, nominated · Directors' Fortnight
    • Cannes award, nominated
  4. 2006
    • Cannes award, nominated · Directors' Fortnight
    • Cannes award, nominated ×2

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Albert Serra's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th6
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 10 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

La vida és Verdi (2026)

93rd percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer, editor

Afternoons of Solitude (2024)

Midcredits 85th · 71% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 77/100 and the pacing 25/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Albert Serra's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 58 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Albert Serra work with?

People who share at least 2 of Albert Serra's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Montse Triola shares the most, 5.

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers