Juan Manuel Bajo Ulloa (born 1 January 1967) is a Spanish

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Biography

Juanma Bajo Ulloa was born in

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, on 1 January 1967. His parents

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d their house to fund Bajo Ulloa's film beginnings. His first feature film '' Alas de Mariposa'' (1991) earned the

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at the San Sebastián Film Festival. With the money earned with that movie he produced his second one, '' La Madre Muerta'', which is a good example of his

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style, combining a perfect technique with the atmosphere of an almost sinister fairy tale. His third movie, ''

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'' (1997), was a huge box office success, becoming the highest grossing film in the history of Spanish cinema (the record was beaten however a year later by ''

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''). Since 1994 he has directed and produced

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for

Joaquín Sabina Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina (born 12 February 1949) is a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and poet. His songs usually treat love, heartbreaks and society with significant use of literary figures as in the baroque-literature style. He ha ...

, Los Enemigos, and Barricada, and others.

Filmography

Juanma Bajo Ulloa Azkena Rock Festival 2011

;Feature films * '' Alas de mariposa'' (1991) * ' (1993) * ''

'' (1997) * ' (2004) * ' (2015) * ''

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'' (2020) ;Short films * '' Cruza la Puerta'' (1984) * '' El Último Payaso'' (1985) 1985 * '' A Kien Puede Interesar'' (1986) 1986 * '' Cien Aviones de Papel'' (1987) 1987 * '' Akixo'' (1988) * '' El Reino de Víctor'' (1989) * '' Ordinary Americans'' (1999)

Awards and nominations

* Award Opera Prima and Audience in the

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* New York Film Critics Association Award to best Opera Prima. * Best movie, Stockholm Film Festival for ''La Madre Muerta'' * Best movie,

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(Portugal) for ''La Madre Muerta''

References

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bajo Ulloa, Juanma 1967 births People from Vitoria-Gasteiz Film directors from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Spanish film directors Living people