Chumilla-Carbajosa
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Juan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa has a degree in "Cinematographic
Direction" granted by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografía (CSC)
in Rome. Chosen as best young European film school director for his
short feature "Berenice" at the beginning of the nineties, and after
taking part in the project of producer, Elías Querejeta, "7 Huellas" (7
Prints), he created Kinos Klan, his own production company. Besides his
diverse relations with the world of cinematography as consultant and
teacher collaborating with the Foundation for Audiovisual
Investigation, International Menéndez Pelayo University (FIA-UIMP) in
Valencia, the International Film and Television School (EICTV) in Cuba,
the Sundance Institute, the Author Foundation and the Motion Pictures
Association (MPA); he stands out for his work as director, script
writer and producer. He's particularly interested in new audiovisual
techniques and their creative applications. In 1995 he directed Carmen
Maura, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Jean-Pierre Cassel and Rafael Álvarez "El
Brujo" in the European co-production "Amores que matan", a black comedy
inspired by Norman Rockwell's iconography that raised the interest of
Twentieth Century Fox after being shown at the Montreal Film Festival
and getting excellent reviews from Variety. In 1999 he sponsored the
cinematic début of Paz Vega and Eduard Fernández directing "Zapping",
an ironic musing on the world of televsion, built up like an
audiovisual jigsaw of formats and textures. His latest films are set in
a fascinating balance between fiction and documentary with a most
personal style. "Desnudos
desnudos" got several awards in various international festivals;
"Buscarse la vida" and "El agua de la vida", are the result of his
collaboration with the producer Elías Querejeta.. His creative work
stretches to other areas such as literature, photography, graphic
design and plastic arts.
