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ECAM (film School)
School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid (; ECAM), also sometimes referred to as ''"The Madrid Film School"'', is a film school located in , Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain. It was founded in 1994, established as a not-for-profit cultural foundation, under the initiative of the regional ministry of Education and Culture, Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, SGAE, Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, AACCEE and , to which joined in 1997. In 2014, joined the board of trustees. It is the largest film school in the region since the closure of the in 1976. It was admitted as a member of the CILECT, International Association of Film and Television Schools in 1999. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and other courses across all cinema and television disciplines. In 2020 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' listed it among 'The Top 15 International Film Schools', featuring it as one of the world's fifteen most important film schools o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pozuelo De Alarcón
Pozuelo de Alarcón () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Bordering the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid proper to its west, Pozuelo de Alarcón is surrounded by large Mediterranean pine-tree forests: the Casa de Campo, the Monte del Pardo, and the Monte del Pilar. , it ranks as the wealthiest municipality in Spain. La Finca, an isolated luxury residential area known by its affluent residents, most notably football players, lies within the municipality bounds. History Pozuelo has become a low-density residential area during recent decades, as new residential developments have spread over formerly agricultural lands. New transportation infrastructure is approved by the local government. Notable infrastructure developments include the M-40 (the second, counting outwards, of Madrid's ring motorways) and the new 'Metro Ligero' (light rail) line Line 2 (Madrid Light Metro), ML2 of the Madrid metro system, which was built in summer 2007 to connect Pozuelo with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo (born 16 September 1981) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. After co-helming the sketch comedy film '' 8 Dates'' with Peris Romano in 2008, Sorogoyen has directed the features ''Stockholm'' (2013), '' May God Save Us'' (2016), '' The Realm'' (2018), ''Mother'' (2019), and '' The Beasts'' (2022). He has also co-created the miniseries ''Riot Police'' (2020) and '' The New Years'' (2024). He often works in tandem with screenwriter Isabel Peña. He has won two Goya Awards for Best Director and two Goya Awards for Best Original Screenplay. Biography Born on 16 September 1981 in Madrid, Rodrigo Sorogoyen is the grandson of filmmaker Antonio del Amo. Sorogoyen is known among his closest circles as Ruy. His interest in filmmaking stemmed from the experience of watching '' Léon: The Professional'', which fascinated him. After graduating in history from the Complutense University of Madrid, he entered the ECAM in 2004. His solo directorial debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Schools In Spain
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvaro Morte
Álvaro Antonio García Pérez (born 23 February 1975), known professionally as Álvaro Morte, is a Spanish actor. He gained worldwide recognition for playing the role of ' The Professor' in the television series '' Money Heist''. Morte briefly played Logain Ablar, in the Amazon Prime Video's high fantasy series, ''The Wheel of Time'' (2021–25) Early life Álvaro Antonio García Pérez was born on 23 February 1975 in Algeciras, province of Cádiz, soon relocating to Bujalance, province of Córdoba, with his family. Originally enrolled into a degree of communications engineering, he switched to dramatic art, graduating from the ''Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Córdoba'' in 1999. He also took post-graduate studies for two months at the University of Tampere. After his time in Finland, he settled in Madrid. At the age of 33, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour in the left thigh, which he ultimately overcame. Career Morte began his acting career when he playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Franco García
Fernando Franco García (born 1976) is a Spanish film editor, director and screenwriter. Biography Fernando Franco García was born in Seville in 1976. He earned a licentiate degree in audiovisual communication from the University of Seville and a diploma in film editing from the ECAM. Already a seasoned film editor, his feature film directorial debut '' Wounded'' (2013) earned him a Goya Award for Best New Director and a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay. His debuting directorial efforts were followed by ''Dying'' (2017), ''The Rite of Spring ''The Rite of Spring'' () is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky ...'' (2022), and '' Subsuelo''. Accolades References Living people Writers from Seville Spanish film editors 21st-century Spanish screenwriters Spanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Peña
Isabel Peña Domingo (born 1983) is a Spanish screenwriter. She often works in tandem with Rodrigo Sorogoyen. Biography Born in 1983 in Zaragoza, she became a fan of classical cinema when she was very young. She earned a degree in ''Comunicación Audiovisual'' from the University of Navarre and a degree in scriptwriting from the ''Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid'' (ECAM). She worked for the first time with Sorogoyen (whom she had met at the ECAM) in the screenwriting team of the television series ''Impares''. Works ;Film * 2013: ''Stockholm'' * 2016: '' Que Dios nos perdone'' (''May God Save Us'') * 2018: '' El reino'' (''The Realm''). * 2019: '' Madre'' (''Mother'') * 2022: '' As bestas'' (''The Beasts'') * 2022: '' Jaula'' (''The Chalk Line'') * 2024: '' El llanto'' (''The Wailing'') ;Television * (17 episodes, 2008). * (32 episodes, 2009). * ''La pecera de Eva ''La pecera de Eva'' () is a Spanish television series produced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis López Carrasco
Luis López Carrasco (born 1981) is a Spanish filmmaker and writer. He was born in Murcia. He has been active in documentary and experimental filmmaking for years. He is best known for his award-winning documentary film ''El año del descubrimiento''. He won the Premio Herralde The Premio Herralde is a Spanish literary prize A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awar ... literary prize for his novel ''El desierto blanco'' in 2023. References 21st-century Spanish male writers Spanish documentary filmmakers 1981 births Living people Date of birth missing (living people) People from Murcia 21st-century Spanish novelists {{Spain-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Correo
''El Correo'' (; ) is a leading daily newspaper in Bilbao and the Basque Country of northern Spain. It is among best-selling general interest newspapers in Spain. History and profile The brothers Ybarra y de la Revilla – Fernando, Gabriel and Emilio – founded ''El Pueblo Vasco'' ("The Basque People") on 1 May 1910, with Juan de la Cruz as founding editor. The paper supported Vizcaya's young Conservative Party and its editorial line was clerical, Alfonsist monarchist, free press and Basque regional autonomist. The paper's chief competitor in Bilbao was '' La Gaceta del Norte''. Due to these conservative stances, ''El Pueblo Vasco'' was shut down by the Spanish Republic government on 17 July 1936, just before the Spanish Civil War. It was almost a year later, on 6 July 1937, when the paper published again, after the fall of Bilbao; it was joined on newsstands by ''El Correo Español'', the official newspaper of the Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS, the Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alauda Ruiz De Azúa
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (born 1978) is a Spanish filmmaker. Her full-length debut ''Lullaby (2022 film), Lullaby'' (2022) earned critical acclaim, and won her the Goya Award for Best New Director. Biography Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, in 1978, Alauda Ruiz de Azúa earned a licentiate degree in English philology from the University of Deusto and a degree in film direction from the ECAM (film school), ECAM. Based in Madrid, she developed an early career in short films (including ''Clases particulares'', ''Dicen'', and ''Nena'') and advertising. Shortly after presenting her debut feature ''Lullaby (2022 film), Lullaby'' at the Berlinale in February 2022, she wrapped shooting of her sophomore feature ''Eres tú'', a Netflix comedy written by Cristóbal Garrido and Adolfo Valor. Works ;Feature films Television Accolades References Spanish women film directors 21st-century Spanish screenwriters People from Barakaldo 1978 births Living people University of Deusto al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilar Palomero
Pilar Palomero (born 1980) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Zaragoza in 1980, she has worked as camera operator, assistant, electrician, cinematographer, script editor, editor, scriptwriter and director. She studied at the University of Zaragoza and at the ECAM, where she earned a degree as cinematography director in 2006. After her debut as director in ''Sonrisas'' (2005 short film), she directed other short films such as ''Niño Balcón'' and ''Chan Chán''. Palomero's directorial debut in a feature film, the 2020 coming-of-age drama '' Schoolgirls'', earned her two Feroz Awards (Best Direction & Best Screenplay) and two Goya Awards (Best New Director & Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best ...). She shot her th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Vivas
Miguel Ángel Vivas (born 1974) is a Spanish director, and screenwriter. He has directed films such as ''Extinction'' (2015), and '' Your Son'' (2018). Filmography As director * '' Asedio'' (2023) * ''Desaparecidos'' (2020) * '' Unauthorized Living'' (2018) * '' Tu hijo'' (2018) * ''Apaches'' (2017) * '' Money Heist'' (2017) * ''Mar de plástico'' (2016) * ''Inside'' (2016) * ''Extinction Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...'' (2015) * '' Cuéntame un cuento'' (2013) * ''The Room'' (2011) * '' Secuestrados'' (2010) * '' I'll See You in My Dreams'' (2003) * ''El hombre del saco'' (2002) * '' Reflejos'' (2002) * ''Tesoro'' (1999) As actor * ''La noche después de que mi novia me dejara'' (TBA) References External links * * 1974 births Film directors fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando González Molina
Fernando González Molina (born 10 November 1975) is a Spanish film and television director. Biography Fernando González Molina was born in Pamplona, Navarre, on 10 November 1975. He studied audiovisual communication at the University of Navarra and Direction at the ECAM. He began his audiovisual career with the short film ''Velocidad'', starring Beatriz Carvajal, Laura Morales and Vicente Granadas. He won the Golden Roel award at the Medina del Campo Festival, the Audience Award at the Astorga Festival, and the Blockbuster award for the best short film of the year. After this short, he began working for the Globomedia production company such as creating previews of the ''Águila Roja'' and '' Los Serrano'' series, as well as documentaries about the UPA Dance tours. He also made the video clips of Fran Perea and Pablo Puyol, as well as documentaries about El Sueño de Morfeo tours. Since 2008, he has directed some episodes of the Antena 3 television series ''Los hombres de P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
