AGUSTÍN ALMODÓVAR / executive producer
Agustín Almodóvar was born in La Mancha and received a degree in Chemistry from Madrid’s Complutense University.
He began his filmmaking career in 1985 as a production runner on Fernando Trueba’s “Sé infiel y no mires con quien”. That same year, he began working on his brother’s films as an assistant director on “Matador”. In 1986 he and Pedro founded their own production company, El Deseo.
Since then, he has produced of all of Pedro’s feature films and received the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film for “All About my Mother”. He has also produced features with other established and up-and-coming directors including Alex de la Iglesia, Mónica Laguna, Daniel Calparsoro, Guillermo del Toro, Isabel Coixet, Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso, and Lucrecia Martel). Through El Deseo, Agustín Almodóvar has also been involved in a variety of French co-productions.
ESTHER GARCÍA / producer
Esther Garcia was born in Segovia. She has been a production manager on over 90 films and television series since she began in 1976 with “Curro Jiménez” and has won three Goyas as production manager on “Acción Mutante”, “All About my Mother” and “The Secret Life of Words”.
She has worked at every level in production, from trainee to executive producer, a position she has held since Isabel Coixet’s “My Life Without Me”.
As well as working uninterruptedly with Pedro since “Matador”, she has collaborated on productions for directors Fernando Trueba, Mariano Ozores, Luis María Delgado, Gonzalo Suárez, Emilio Martínez Lázaro and Fernando Colomo.
As part of El Deseo’s team, she has been associate producer on “Acción Mutante” (Alex de la Iglesia), “Tengo una casa” (Mónica Laguna), “Pasajes” (Daniel Calparsoro), “The Devil’s Backbone” (Guillermo del Toro) and “Descongélate” (Felix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso).
Together with Agustín Almodóvar, she has embarked on television production (“Mujeres”, by Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso) and international production (Isabel Coixet’s “My Life Without Me” and “The Secret Life of Words”, and Lucrecia Martel’s “The Holy Girl”).
ALBERTO IGLESIAS / composer
He was born in San Sebastian in 1955 and studied piano, guitar, counterpoint and harmony with Blanca Burgaleta and Francisco Escudero in his home city. He furthered his studies in Paris with Francis Schwartz and in Barcelona with Gabriel BrnCic. He has collaborated with Carlos Saura, Bigas Luna, Julio Medem and Iciar Bollain, among others.
He has collaborated closely with Pedro since they first worked together on “The Flower of my Secret”, and has been the regular composer for his films.
His most notable soundtracks include “The Lovers from the North Pole” (Julio Medem), “All About my Mother” and “Talk to Her” (Pedro Almodóvar). He has received six Goyas for his work in the above mentioned films as well as for his scores for Julio Medem’s films, “The Red Squirrel”, “Tierra” and “Sex and Lucía”. He has recently worked on “The Constant Gardener” (Fernando Mireilles), for which he has been nominated to the best original score at the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards.
In addition to his film work, he has composed symphonic and chamber music, and several ballets for the National Dance Company.
JOSÉ SALCEDO / editor
Jose Salcedo has edited over 90 features to date, including every one of Pedro Almodóvar’s films.
After training as an assistant editor for Pedro del Rey and Pablo del Amo, Salcedo began his career with the film “Una mujer prohibida” and since then has received three Goyas for his work on Pedro Almodóvar’s “All About my Mother” and “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” and Agustín Díaz Yanes’ “Nobody Will Speak of Us When We’re Dead”. He has worked with a host of other prestigious Spanish directors, including Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Eloy de la Iglesia, Pedro Olea, Gonzalo Suárez, Jaime Chávarri, José Luis Borau and Manuel Gómez Pereira.
JOSÉ LUIS ALCAINE / director of photography
Born in Morocco, José Luis Alcaine is one of Spain’s most prolific and international cinematographers. He studied at the Official Film School in Madrid and is a member of the Spanish Association of Cinematography.
He has worked with a multitude of directors in various countries and languages. In Spain he has collaborated with Vicente Aranda, Fernando Trueba, Bigas Luna, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Fernando Colomo, John Malkovich, Pilar Miró, Victor Erice, Carlos Saura, Fernando Fernán-Gómez and Montxo Armendáriz, among others.
Alcaine has lit over 100 films and previously collaborated with Pedro Almodóvar on “Bad Education”, “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” and “Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down”
To date, has received three Goya awards for his work behind the camera on “El pájaro de la felicidad” (Pilar Miró), “El sueño del mono loco” (Fernando Trueba) and “El caballero Don Quijote” (Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón).