I was born in Valladolid (Spain) in 1968. Since I was a child, I was fascinated by drawing and image in movement. At the age of 6 and 7, I used to watch films from the projection cabin of a local cinema because my father worked as a projectionist. At the age of 9, I was given a kind of antique toy cinema projector of paper films and started to draw my first cartoons.
At the age of 11, I was admitted to the School of Art in Valladolid and dreamed of some day become a comics´ drawer. In 1986 I went to Salamanca to start my graduate studies in the Faculty of Arts and continued my musical training in the Professional Conservatoire of Music of this city. I was graduated in 1990 (painting specialty) and I was granted the title of Guitar Teacher in 1992.
After my graduate training I started my professional career as a drawing teacher in Secondary Education for the Spanish Culture Ministry and I continued my practice as a painter and engraver. In 1998 I asked for a time off work to spend my time exclusively to my arts career. In 1999 I presented “Animal”, my first film as a professional that received numerous awards in festivals in and out of Spain. From then on, I have focused my career on animation cinema, in the development of my own projects and cooperation with other producers and also teaching and lecturing.
In 2001 I was admitted to the Spanish Academy of Cinema (Direction Branch).

Trad: J. Antonio Aldaz