Eugenio Mira (born 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker and composer. He has been credited as composer in some films under the pseudonym Chucky Namanera.
He was born in Castalla, Alicante. After finishing his studies in high school and as a piano player he moved to Madrid to atten
Septima Ars Madrid film school working in the Spanish film industry as a first assistant director, in the art department and the advertising world. His debut short film, ''
Fade'' (2000), called the attention of
Guillermo del Toro
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, who supported his career from the very beginning, introducing him to his agent,
Robert Newman (WME).
Mira's first feature-length film, ''
The Birthday'' (2004), became a cult movie after winning several awards at the first edition of
Fantastic Fest
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Lisa Dreyer ...
(Austin, TX), where he also held the world premieres of his 2010 Gothic tale ''
Agnosia
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'' and the 2013 film ''
Grand Piano
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'', starring
Elijah Wood
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and
John Cusack
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(released in the US by Magnet/
Magnolia Pictures
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).
Other works
Besides his work as director, screenwriter and composer, Mira has also worked occasionally at a variety of other jobs, from second unit director on ''
The Impossible'' (
Juan Antonio Bayona, 2012) to actor, incarnating a younger
Robert De Niro
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in ''
Red Lights''
Rodrigo Cortés 2011).
His soundtrack for
Nacho Vigalondo
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Career
Vigalondo's first film was the 2003 Spanish-language short film '' 7:35 in the Morning'', about a suicide bomber who terrorizes a cafe, which was only eight m ...
’s ''
Timecrimes'' (2007) was released by Mondo on a special limited edition vinyl.
Mira is currently developing several film projects and is about to release the first album from his new musical project Pagana (stylized as P ^ G ^ N ^) . This album will be the first release from Mira's own film and record label Paramirama.
He was hired to direct the 6-episode television series ''
¡GarcÃa!
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'', which began production in 2021 and was broadcast on
HBO Max
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in 2022.
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1977 births
Living people
Spanish film directors
Date of birth missing (living people)