DIRECTOR'S BIO / BIOGRAFÍA DEL DIRECTOR

(ENGLISH)

While other children played ball and ran along the streets, Jose Luis Lopez was a child who liked to observe everything that happened inside and outside his world.

Drawing, coloring, painting, constructing and photographing, from time to time, with his father's "Werlisa Mat" camera, were part of the everyday doing that would somehow mark the rest of his career as an artist.

A degree in Fine Arts, a degree in audiovisual production and a Master's degree in marketing and communication, José Luis has developed his entire career as an advertising creative, audiovisual producer and press editor.

Many years ago José Luis lay aside the brushes and the color palette, but these have accompanied in silent for the rest of his life. The lights, the cameras, the publicity and the publishing world have been able to fill the void all these years. But there is always something inside the artist people that keeps him expectant, attentive to the dictates of his heart.

He debuted with his first short film "My friend Naim", obtaining 25 selections and 5 international awards. After that he presents "The T-Shirt" a new short film, in which he resorts to the visual metaphor to continue deepening his cinematic path of social and educational style, which has brought him repercussion and recognition.

Participate as director of photography in the short film Where You Cannot Arrive with Assumpta Serna and Aida Oset as main actresses. But his constant concern leads him to delve into the fantastic genre through the environmental themed short film "Asphyxia".

And now he is currently in the international promotion phase of his new social court short film in the key to the drama "Paula's Clock". A short film that deepens the feelings of people who have been mistreated in their childhood stage

AWARDS AND WINNING PRIZES:

May 2017  Short Film Corner Cannes Selection

May 2017 WINNER Best Short LACinefest (May month)

June 2017 Official Selction - Etranger Film Festival
July 2017 Official Selction - ACA Films Low Film Festival

July 2017 WINNER Best Short 2017 - Social World Film Festival

Sept 2017 Official Selction - Guayaquil International Film Festival
Sept 2017 Semifinalist - LAIFFA

Sept 2017 WINNER Best Actress under 17 - Corto Week End Sacro Monte Varese

Oct 2017  Semifinalist - Sant Andreu de la Barca Film Festival
Oct 2017  Official Selection - RESISTENCIA Film Festival
Oct 2017  Official Selection - Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival
Oct 2017  Official Selection - CALIBÉLULA Film Festival
Oct 2017  Official Selection - Paris Lift-Off Film Festival Film Festival
Oct 2017  Official Selection - 68th Montecatini Int. Short Film Fest
Oct 2017  Official Selection - FILMETS International Film Festival
Oct 2017  Official Selection - Festival de Cine de Zaragoza (Goya’s qualifier)
Oct 2017  Official Selection - FIC-ESMI Festival Internacional del cortometraje
Nov 2017 Official Selection - 8th Bogotá City Children & Adolescent Film Festival
Nov 2017 Official Selection - Muestra Internacional de Cortometraje Solidario de Ciudad Real
Dec 2017  Official Selection - All Lights India International Film Festival

Gen 2018 WINNER Best Drama Short LACinefest (annual 2017 live event edition)

Feb 2018  WINNER (Film and school) - XXVII Palencia International Film Festival

March 2018 Official Selection - UTAH Film Festival - Best Lead Actress Under 18
March 2018 Official Selection - UTAH Film Festival - Best Supporting Actor

May 2018 Short Film Corner Cannes Selection

Sept 2018 WINNER (Best Director)  - 6th Indian Cine Film Festival
Sept 2018 Official Selection - 40 SICA Lugo

Oct 2018 Official Selection - 16th Tangier International Film Festival
Oct 2018 HONOR MENTION - 69 Montecatini International Short Film Festival
Oct 2018 Official Selection - Indie Film Awards

Nov 2018 Official selection - Hollywood Music in Media Awards - Best OST
Nov 2018 Official Selection - New York City Int. Film Infest
Nov 2018 Official Selection - Los Angeles Cinefest
Nov 2018 Official Selection - 72 Salerno Fim Festival
Nov 2018 Official Selection - Indie & Foreign Film Festival New York

Feb 2019 Official Selection - 4th Jaipur Film World
March 2019 Official Selection - Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival
April 2019 Official Selection - Vero Beach Wine + Film Fest
May 2019 Official Selection - Best Global Shorts 2019
July 2019 Official Selection - Borderscene Film Festival
August 2019 Official Selection - BISFF 2019
August 2019 Official Selection - First Time Film Maker Sessions
Sept 2019 Official Selection - Teheran International Cinefest
Sept 2019 Official Selection - Festival de Cine y ARtes Visuales Bugarte (Colombia)
Oct 2019 Official Selection - 45a FILMETS - Badalona Film Festival
Oct 2019 Official Selection - Marina del Rey Film Festival (Los Angeles)
Oct 2019 Official Selection - Festival de Cine de Daroca
Oct 2019 Official Selection - Dalmatia Film Festival (Croatia)
Nov 2019 Official Selection - Festival Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes Islas Baleares
Nov 2019 Official Selection - Rome Film Awards
Dec 2019 Official Selection - Guangzhou International Documentary FF (China)

(ESPAÑOL)

Mientras otros niños jugaban a pelota y correteaban por las calles, José Luis López era un niño al que le gustaba observar todo aquello que sucedía dentro y fuera de su mundo.

Dibujar, colorear, pintar, construir y fotografiar con la Werlisa Mat, que de tanto en tanto, le dejaba utilizar su padre, formaron parte del hacer cotidiano que de alguna manera iba a marcar el resto de su carrera como artista.

Licenciado en Bellas Artes, diplomado en realización audiovisual y Master en marketing y comunicación, José Luis ha desarrollado toda su carrera como creativo publicitario, realizador audiovisual y redactor editorial, fundando en 2008 la redacción del magazine en papel y on-line CARAKTER CIUTADÀ.

José Luis abandonó hace muchos años los pinceles y la paleta de colores, pero éstos le han acompañado en silencio toda su vida. Las luces, las cámaras, la publicidad y el mundo editorial han sabido llenar el vacío todos estos años. Pero siempre hay algo dentro del artista que lo hace mantenerse en vilo, atento a los dictámenes de su corazón.

En 2017, a la edad de 52 años José Luis López debuta con su primer cortometraje “Mi amigo Naim” obteniendo 25 selecciones en reconocidos festivales y 5 primeros premios en Italia, España y Estados Unidos. Después de esto presenta "La Camiseta" un nuevo cortometraje en el que utilizará un lenguaje metafórico y una estética muy especial de la imagen para continuar profundizando en el cine social y educacional, marcado siempre por esa etiqueta que le ha proporcionado el reconocimiento internacional.

Ha participado como director de fotografía en el cortometraje "Donde no puedes llegar" de Marc Nadal con Assumpta Serna y Aida Oset como actrices principales. 

Pero su constante inquietud le lleva a adentrarse, primero en el género documental con "Sant Boi Respira un altre Aire", y más tarde en el género fantástico mediante la realización del cortometraje "Asfixia" un film de temática medioambiental en clave de thriller fantástico.


Ahora se encuentra en plena promoción de su reciente cortometraje de corte social "El reloj de Paula". Un cortometraje que profundiza en los sentimientos de las personas que han padecido la violencia en su etapa de niñez.