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Oriol Paulo

Oriol Paulo

Writer and director · Born January 1, 1975 (51) · Barcelona, Spain

Oriol Paulo was born in 1975 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a writer and director. A native of Barcelona, Oriol studied Audiovisual Communications at Pompeu Fabra University before atteding the Los Angeles Film School. Starting out as an editor, Oriol was quick to realize that his real passion lay in writing and directing. THE BODY (El Cuerpo), a noir detective thriller in homage to Hitchcok and Agatha Christie, was his directorial debut. The film opened the Sitges Festival in October 2012, along with being selected for the BFI London Film Festival 2012. Produced by Rodar y Rodar (producers of The Orphanage), it is Oriol’s second writing feature credit after Spanish psychological thriller JULIA'S EYES.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1975 (51)
From
Barcelona, Spain
Works as
Writer and director
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 30 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 155 days to Oct 26Down 26% in 30 days

What are Oriol Paulo's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Crime8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Horror 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
Morality
52%
Bonds
17%
Ideas
14%
Self
10%
Survival
5%
Society
2%
Deception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 12

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 14

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 4

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

Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 12

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

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Dread
7
Melancholic
8
Cold
3
Contemplative
3
Other
3

How their films linger

Thought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous9

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 Oriol Paulo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Oriol Paulo'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

30 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Invisible Guest(2026)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Eyes(2026)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Zeta(2026)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

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

    Original Film Writer

  • If You Were Here Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Original Film Writer

  • Vengeance in the Dreary Night(2025)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Body(2024)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Last Night at Tremore Beach(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • The Invisible Guest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Original Film Writer

  • Blurr (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Original Story

  • God's Crooked Lines(2022)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Dobaaraa(2022)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Adrushya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Original Film Writer

  • The Innocent(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Screenplay · Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Body(2019)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Badla(2019)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Invisible Witness(2018)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Mirage(2018)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Vanished(2018)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Invisible Guest(2016)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Boy Missing(2016)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Night and Day(2016)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • The Body(2012)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Code 60 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Writer

  • Julia's Eyes(2010)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Ecos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Writer

  • Majoria Absoluta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

  • Antardrishti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Original Film Writer

  • En nombre de otro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

  • Zeta 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 30 titles, 27 of them dated from 2002 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Invisible Guest (2016)

$31M worldwide

Highest rated

The Invisible Guest (2016)

Midcredits 99th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing9 of 30: 1 only directing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score89thWriting29 of 30: 21 only writing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndProducing2 of 30: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew2 of 30: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

30 titles, 8 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s11 · crew2020s14 · 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.

How do Oriol Paulo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 16; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · writer

Dobaaraa (2022)

97th percentile spread · 70% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer

The Invisible Guest (2016)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 51/100 and the plot and story 61/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Oriol Paulo's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles36–76 · median 50 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles12–62 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles20–47 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles20–50 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles42–69 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Oriol Paulo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Oriol Paulo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lara Sendim shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers