The director of the film 'Blackthorn' is Mateo Gil.
Gil is originally from Spain and 'Blackthorn' is his second long feature film after directing 'Nobody knows' in 1999.
Mateo Gil is better known for being an scriptwriter. He has written or collaborated in the script of 10 films and some of them have been very successful in Spain and internationally. Among them we can mention 'Tesis' (1996), 'Open your Eyes' (1997), Vanilla Sky (2001, american version of 'Open your Eyes' featuring Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz) and 'The Sea Inside' (Winner of the Academy Award as well as the Golden Globe for the Best Foreign Film in 2004).