Pilar Miró

Pilar Miró (1940 to 1997) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director who also held senior office in Spanish broadcasting. Born Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero, she served as General Director of RTVE from 1986 to 1989. Earlier, as TV Director in Spain's Culture Ministry under the Socialist government of the 1980s, she is credited with fostering the national film industry by introducing state aid for promising young filmmakers. Her features include Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven (1980), Werther (1986), which competed at the Venice Film Festival, and Beltenebros (1991), which won a Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 1992 Berlin International Film Festival. She also directed live television broadcasts of royal weddings in 1995 and 1997, and sat on the Berlin jury in 1995. She died in Madrid in 1997.