Jorge Dorado (born December 8, 1976) is a Spanish director, screenwriter and producer. He received

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nominations for his short film ''La guerra'', his documentary short ''Nuevos tiempos'', and his directorial feature film debut '' Mindscape''.

Career

He studied Communication Studies at the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

. He began his career working in as assistant director on films like '' Bad Education'' and ''

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and ''

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. As director, he has made five short films and a documentary, among them, ''The War'' (co-directed with Luis Berdejo, a candidate for the

in 2006, and with more than 50 international awards). He also shot and directed the 2012 short film ''El Otro''. For five years, working as advertising director, he was responsible for campaigns for

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, Bancaja,

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, and the Olympic big campaign, for which he was nominated Best New Commercials Director in Spain, and more. His film '' Mindscape'', a psychological thriller, is Dorado's first feature, as well as the first chapter in a collaboration between Ombra Films (formed by ''

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'' & ''

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with Juan Solá) and

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. The film stars

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, Brian Cox and

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* 1976 births Complutense University of Madrid alumni Living people Spanish film directors {{Spain-film-director-stub