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- Birth nameDavid Díaz Horcajo
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- Height1.74 m
- David Díaz Horcajo was born on May 28, 1986 in Madrid, Spain. He began his studies at the "Lycée Français of Madrid". At 10 he discovered his passion for cinema after watching Metropolis (1927). At 14 he wrote his first screenplay (a feature film starring his high school friends) and at 16 he made his first short film. In 2003 he went to the "Colegio Lourdes" when he began to study audiovisual communication and after that he got into the RTVE Institute between 2006 and 2008. There he wrote and directed Con la muerte en los tacones (2007) and Ridiculus Mortis: Solo la muerte se flipa 2 veces (2007), both awarded by the institute in 2007 with "Best 2 Days Short Film" and "Best Director" price. In 2010 he created with Juan Pérez the online cinema program Edición Especial Coleccionista (2010). Now he directs, writes, acts and edits his own projects.- IMDb mini biography by: David Díaz
- Frequently shot his films in 2,35:1.
- He often casts friends for cameos roles and features clips of cast members in the ending credits when their name appears paying homage to one of his favorite directors: John Landis.
- Impressions with high-pitched voices.
- His favorite film directors are: Mel Brooks, John Landis, F.W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg.
- He studied dubbing between 2005 and 2006.
- His favorite animated TV-series is Les vrais chasseurs de fantômes (1986).
- Some of his high school friends called him "The Spanish Jim Carrey".
- He hates the "pan & scan".
- Even I as a little kid, when I saw a movie with black bars, the first thing I said was: "Hey, take off the black bars! I don't like them! I wanna see more picture!" and my grandfather said: "But son, there's no movie under them...!"
- Every movie has its audience.
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