Michel Gaztambide (born 1959) is a France-born screenwriter based in the Basque Country, Spain.
[1] Early writing credits include Santa Cruz, el cura guerrillero [eu] and Chatarra.
[1] His work in Julio Medem's 1992 film Vacas earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay.
[3] After a period working in television for ETB, he returned to cinema in 2002 with the writing credits of Box 507, marking the beginning of a recurring partnership with Basque filmmaker Enrique Urbizu.
[1] The collaboration included films such as Life Marks (2003),[4] and No Rest for the Wicked (2011; for which he won the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay)[5] as well as television series such as Gigantes and Libertad.