Guillem Morales
[6] Morales made his feature-length directorial debut with the horror thriller The Uninvited Guest (El Habitante Incierto) in 2004, based on his own script and starring Andoni Gracia and Mónica López.[13] In late 2022, Morales directed his first English-language feature film The Wasp, written by Olivier award winner Morgan Lloyd Malcolm[14] and starring Oscar nominee Naomie Harris[15] and Natalie Dormer.It was awarded five out of five stars by Billen of The Times and Wilson of the Daily Telegraph, who respectively called it a "masterpiece" and "a quiet elegy, terse and polished, in many ways perfect".9, Morales has directed actors including Jack Whitehall, Sheridan Smith, Alexandra Roach, Keeley Hawes, Fiona Shaw, Felicity Kendal, Fionn Whitehead, Gemma Whelan, Sir Derek Jacobi, Sian Clifford, and Nick Mohammed, among others.It starred Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai, Alex Hassell, Hayley Squires, Papaa Essiedu and Emily Berrington.The episode was written by Paul Doolan and Abigail Wilson and the cast included Bill Paterson, Rosie Cavaliero, Anna Maxwell Martin, Adrian Scarborough, Mark Bonnar and more.[29] In 2019 Morales returned to Spain to direct the first three episodes of The Vineyard (La Templanza), a period drama series based on the novel by María Dueñas and produced by Buendia Estudios for Amazon Prime Video starring Leonor Watling, Rafael Novoa, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Nathaniel Parker, Raúl Briones, Esmeralda Pimentel, Mónica Huarte, Alejandro de la Madrid and Juana Acosta amongst others.[30] In 2017, Morales adapted the famous novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley for the stage, which was performed at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.Frankenstein marked Morales' first foray into writing for theatre, and is the only time so far in his career he has written professionally in his mother tongue language, Catalan."[33] In her extensive review, Gema Moraleda picked up on this aspect, stating that Morales' work "moved away from the most obvious interpretation [...] to face perhaps the most human and terrifying story, that of the abandonment of what is created, the child, without wanting to take responsibility for it.