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Producer / Director


  • Content Producer on Wild River Zanskar Productions (2024)

  • Director & Self-Shooter on the North American Atlantic Coast episode, as well as the Andean and Amazon episodes of The Americas for BBC & NBC. Narrated by Tom Hanks (2024)

  • Director on the opening episode of the Parenthood Series. Silverback Films for BBC1 (2022–2024)

  • Director on two episodes on The Secret Lives of Animals Series for Apple TV & BBC (2023)

  • Director on the Cold and Dark episodes for the BBC1 Mammals Series (2023)

  • Director on Shared Planet for River Road Films in Canada. For CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) (2022–2023)

  • Director on the first episode of Wild Isles. Silverback Films for BBC1 (2021)

  • Director on the Jungles and Freshwater episodes on the Series The Mating Game. Silverback Films for BBC, NHK & Discovery (2019–2021)

  • Director on several shoots for the Series Seven Worlds, One Planet, for BBC (2018–2019)

  • Series Producer on Into the Wild: Colombia (5 x 48mins). Off The Fence. Blue Ant Media-Smithsonian Channel. Delivered in UHD (2017–2018)

  • Producer (2 x 48mins) The Hummingbird’s Quest on hummingbirds and Romeo and Julieta on Golden Dart Frogs for the series Into the Wild: Colombia. Off the Fence with Blue Ant Media-Smithsonian Channel (2017–2018)

  • Associate Producer on the Netflix feature film Colombia Wild Magic became the most watched film in the history of Colombian cinema. Off the Fence (2012–2015)

  • Development Producer on eight Natural History Projects: one cinematic film on Latin America, two one hour films on Colombia and five Series on Argentina, Spain, Russia, China and Australia. Off the Fence (2016–2017)

  • Director on a two part reality series involving 6 contestants fighting to win an important competition. Covering all aspects (Box pops, interviews, actuality, etc). Discovery 16 for Grand Central (2016)

  • Producer for a 15′ reel to pitch the Natural History cinematic film I am Latin America at Off the Fence (2016)

  • Development Producer on the Discovery Series: Ed Stafford Into the Unknown. Keo Films. Peruvian program (2015)

  • Associate Producer for the film Saving Infinity on the Guatemalan spider monkeys for Off the Fence. Ateles Films (2014-2015)

  • Field Producer for the National Geographic Series on Wildest Places, Europe at Off the Fence (2014–2015)

  • Producer/Director of four films for the Royal Hunting State in Spain. Filmed on the Red Epic for UDENA Ltd (2012–2013)

  • Producer/Director for 18 films of different lengths specialise in Natural History and people. They were made for the emirates government and for Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Centre. Filmed on the Epic. TwoFour (TwoFour Arabia, Abu Dhabi branch) (2012)

  • Producer for a film on Spanish oak fields. RSPB (2007–2011)

  • Director and coordinator on the aerial filming Portillo goes Wild in Spain. Natural World (2005)


Assistant Producer


  • Assistant Producer for the Grasslands episode on the Series The Mating Game. Silverback Films for BBC1, NHK & Discovery (2019–2021)

  • Assistant Producer for the series Simon Reeve in the Caribbean (2014)

  • Assistant Producer for the crow anting behaviour sequence. Insects. BBC Life (2008)

  • Assistant Producer for the film Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest for the BBC (2006–2007)

  • Self shooting Assistant Producer for a two part reality series involving 6 contestants fighting to win an important competition. Covering all aspects (Box pops, interviews, actuality, etc). Discovery for Boomerang (2013)

  • Self shooting Assistant Producer on a documentary about Arab falconry called The Living Legend. Pyramedia (Abu Dhabi)

  • Assistant Producer / Cameraman for a factual documentary to be presented at Mipdoc. VSI Enterprises

  • Assistant Producer in different projects within the company. Back to the Planet


Researcher / Field Assistant


Other


  • Drone Pilot in several Series for Silverback, Yohomedia, Off the Fence, BBC, etc.

  • Translator for Human Planet (2008) and Oceans (2007)

  • Coordinator for travel arrangements to film blue whales in Ocean deep. Planet Earth (2006)

  • Assistant post production for Apes in danger. BBC (2005)

  • Cameraman on the Communicate 07 Conference and the Science Festival08 (2007–2008)

  • Featuring a sequence flying a RC helicopter with a camera for Wild Scene Investigation. NatGeo. Icon Films (2011)

  • Sequence developer for a sequence in the Masaya Volcano (Nicaragua). Wild Horizons

  • Coordinator / Sequence developer for Man Vs Wild projects (Bear Grills) for Central America and the Caribbean

Qualifications and Education



  • Drone pilot license (English, American, Spanish and Costa Rican license). More than 250 hours of drone filming. No crashes on film jobs so far. Drones used: Inspire 2, Mavic 3Pro Cine & others

  • RAW (Risk Awareness Safety Training Module)

  • HEAT (Hostile Environment Awareness Training by TOR International)

  • Red Epic DIT Course (by Dave Blackham)

  • CAL (Canopy Access Proficiency Certificate)

  • BORDA (Off-Road Driving Certificate)

  • PADI (Open water Diving Certificate)

  • Seminars attended:

    • Kodak: Shooting on 16mm Film

    • Commentary Writing

    • Budgeting for your Commissioner

    • Post Production

    • Raising Money for Wildlife Films

    • Programme Research

    • Marketing without a Budget

    • Sound



  • Computer Maintenance Course and ECDL for Microsoft software

  • Wildlife Documentaries Production Course by Jeffery Boswall (BBC)

  • Two years study of Technical Engineer of Forestry at Madrid University

  • Zoology and Wildlife Management Courses at Polytechnic University of Huelva and Madrid

  • Professional qualifications in outdoor activities

Personal Information



  • Nationality: Spanish

  • Driving Licenses: A, B and B1

  • Languages:

    • Spanish (A1)

    • English (A1)

    • Portuguese (B2)



Achievements and Interests


Skills


  • Animal behaviour (Ethology) and animal handling

  • Camera traps (DSLR T-Shed and TRLcam models as well as Bushnell and Browning)

  • Camera work, editing, lighting and sound.

  • Electronics (Mini cameras, transmitters and receivers, video streaming, RC helicopters, camera gimbals and giro stabilization sys., infrared and low light cameras)

  • Computer software (Avid Xpress, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, After Effects, FCP and many more)

  • Cameras (Sony Z1, Sony A1, JVC-DV500E, DSR PD-150,Canon XL1 and XF305, Sony DCR-VX1000E, Red Epic & Helium, Panasonic Varicam, P2 Cameras, DSLR cameras, Gopros, Insta360, etc).



Some cameraman that I have directed


  • Jesse Wilkinson, James Salisbury, Tom Rowland,Yuzuru Masuda, Pete Cayless, Sophie Darlington, Matt Aeberhard, Richard Wollocombe, Bertie Gregory, Pete McCowen, Neil Anderson, Santiago Capral, Alex Vail, Ralph Bower, Richard Kirby, Jim Claire, Rob Clarke, Barrie Britton, James Aldred, Max Hug Williams, Steve Downer, Nick Wilcox-Brown, Jeff Goodman, Toby Hough, Richard Kempt.



Hobbies


  • Photography

  • Robotics applied to filmmaking (multicopters and others)

  • Falconry

  • Wildlife

  • Magic

  • Outdoor sports



Some travel Experience


  • Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA.



Latest technology used


  • Cineflex, Phantom 4K Flex (high-speed camera), camball (Bradley), cable dollies, Phantom 4 Pro & Inspire 2, wide range of non DSLR and DSLR cameratraps (T-Shed for Panasonic GH4 &5, TRL cam systems for Sony A7s), thermal imaging (FLIR systems).

This was my first video-CV that I made in 2004
It's the story of my first steps as a Natural History Film Maker

 The message from this video remains in my heart