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name: "Olatz López Garmendia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/olatz-lopez-garmendia"
fi1m_id: "olatz-lopez-garmendia"
imdb_id: "nm0307638"
tmdb_id: 20725
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:58:46.906458+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Olatz López Garmendia

## Identity

Olatz López Garmendia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/olatz-lopez-garmendia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** olatz-lopez-garmendia
- **IMDb ID:** nm0307638
- **TMDB ID:** 20725
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307638/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20725

Actor. Born in San Sebastián, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307638/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20725

## Biography

Olatz López Garmendia is a Spanish actress and producer. She appeared in films directed by Julian Schnabel, her then husband, including as Reinaldo's mother in *Before Night Falls* (2000), where she was also credited as executive producer and music supervisor, and as Marie Lopez in *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007).

She later directed and wrote the screenplay for *Fatherland or Death* (2016).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, elpais.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), Fi1m 87, as Marie Lopez — [page](https://film.one/film/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Patria O Muerte: Cuba, Fatherland or Death* (2016), Director
- *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), as Marie Lopez — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly.md)
- *Before Night Falls* (2000), as Reinaldo's Mother · Executive Producer

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