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JUAN ANTONIO FERNANDEZ(afilm Director, Cinematographer, Producer), has worked in Los Angeles and throughout Spain, including several years at Panavision Hollywood. A designer of specialty film equipment, his area of expertise includes high speed, underwater, vfx and stereoscopic cinematography, as well as teaching cinema (UCLA Extension, University Pompeu Fabra, ESCAC). He’s shot many feature films and advertising campaigns, as well as Spain’s first 3D stereoscopic music video for Spanish artist Pastora, the first live broadcast in 3D of an opera with the New York Met at the Lyceo in Barcelona… Watch here.
YOLANDA TORRES(afilm Head of Studies, Filmmaker), with a B.A. in Film from UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), and postgraduates in Directing from AFI (American Film Institute) and Producing from EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, MEDIA), works extensively in feature film development. She has directed and/or produced several features and documentaries, including Nocturnia, Lendakari (Realizadora), Arkadia., The Afterglow. and The Forsaken.
KOLDO ANASAGASTI(Producer), as former Director of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, Director of Eitb (Basque Television), and currently an independent producer, Koldo has acquired extensive expert experience in television, including TV movies and feature film development. Koldo oversees all afilm feature film productions, as Executive Producer.
LARRY SUGAR(Executive Producer of Peter Greenaway’s “Nightwatching”, Producer of the science fiction series “First Wave” with Francis Ford Coppola), has enjoyed a successful 40 year career in the motion picture business, specializing in writing, producing, licensing, marketing and distribution of feature films and television for such media giants as Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Lorimar, CBS and Republic Pictures. To date Larry has been directly responsible for over 150 feature films and over 500 hours of television.
MIRKO VON BERNER(Production Designer), a sculptor as well as a painter, after having studied Visual Arts at the ENAP (Nation School of Plastic Arts), Mirko has acquired more than 25 years of creative experience in the audio visual industry, having worked in films and advertising in Mexico, USA and Spain. He has worked with directors, in the following productions, such as Julian Schnabel (Before Night Falls), James L. Brooks (Spanglish), Martin Campbell (The Mask of Zorro), Arturo Ripstein (Principio y Fin), amongst many others.
MARK W TRAVISAcclaimed as “the Director’s Director”, Mark is regarded by many Hollywood and International professionals to be one of the world’s leading authorities in the art and craft of film directing. His books, THE DIRECTOR’S JOURNEY and DIRECTING FEATURE FILMS have become international best sellers. As Creative Consultant on feature films ranging from Studio productions (MGM, Twentieth Century Fox) to Independent Features, Mark is in demand by directors, writers and producers for his skills in guiding the director through the complexities of film production. He has taught at AFI, UCLA, PU (Pixar University ), and others. www.markwtravis.com
JOAN ALVAREZ(Screenwriter) has written, amongst other works, the adaptation of the Alejando López Andrada’s novel, El libro de las Aguas, (shot for the screen by Antonio Giménez-Rico) and the screenplay Pulsión, based on an original story by Luís Alcoriza (screenwriter for some of Luis Buñuel’s films).
JAMES DUFF(Director), A graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, with an MFA in Directing, James is a Prague Film School Directing and former Stone Street Studios/ NYU Tisch drama Instructor. James’s extensive Los Angeles and New York Theater directing experience compliments his considerable film and African documentary experience.
OMAR VASQUEZ(afilm Project Coordinator, Filmmaker) Born in Mexico, Omar received his B.A. from Schreiner University (Texas) and his Masters from the University of Texas at San Antonio in English Language. Afterwards, he decided to concentrate on filmmaking, moving to Barcelona, where he received his Master in Directing and Producing from the Universidad Politecnica of Cataluña.
JAIME RAZQUIN(Photographer, Graphic Designer, Advertising Director), a graduate in Audiovisual Communications from the University Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), Jamie is an innovative, cutting-edge artist. He currently directs for Mirinda Films España.
ENRICO FIOCCO(Composer, Sound Designer, Sound Engineer), Trained at the Conservatorio Statale C. Pollini (Padova), Enrico is an experience cinema Sound Engineer, Sound Designer and Composer. He is the Co-Founder of mem Music http://www.memmusic.it He has collaborated on various afilm productions including the feature, “Leaving Hotel Romantic” (Sitges International Film Festival 2013).
ROBIN THWAITES(Steadicam), as International Director of Sales for Tiffen Steadicam Europe, he specializes in Steadicam workshops presented throughout the world, and has chosen afilm International Film Workshops as the first Steadicam sponsored workshop center in Spain.
JENNIFER WU(Photographer), is a very unique photographer based in California who is renowned for her spectacular nature photography. An “EXPLORER OF LIGHT” lecturer for Canon, her work has been published throughout the US, and has frequent gallery shows featuring her images www.jenniferwu.com
JUANJO HIDALGO(Assistant Director, Filmmaker), as a Movie Magic specialist, he has worked on a wide variety of film, tv and advertising shoots.
ROSA FERNANDEZ(Administration), as the person responsible for internet administration and advertising matters, is an important member of the afilm team.
