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- Ali
- Alice is co-writing and executive producing her second feature 'Scarlet' with writer Kristen SaBerre ('The Good Lord Bird') at MGM/Orion with Alana Mayo and Panchi Simeto; produced by Michael Costigan and Roxie Rodriguez at Aggregate Entertainment. Alice is also developing genre and thriller projects with frequent collaborator Netflix US.
In Oct 2022, Alice's first episode of TV for Amazon Spain premiered at Sitges Festival: co-written with Rocío Martínez, "La Pesadilla" is a remake of Spanish horror icon Chicho Ibáñez Serrador's 1967 episode (reminiscent of "The Twilight Zone"). Directors in this reboot include international genre powerhouses Paco Plaza, Nacho Vigalondo and Rodrigo Cortés.
Born in Bilbao as the Spanish daughter of a forensic psychiatrist and a teacher. Alice acquired her stage name at 16 while assisting DOP Quique López ('Sótano', 'Ander'). Having no initial connections in the film industry, she studied advertising in the Public UPV, and started taking stills and directing fashion films (for Spanish editions of Harper's Bazaar and others). She worked as an advertising creative, a producer and advertising video editor at agencies Leo Burnett Iberia and Social Noise, plus as a storyboard artist.
In 2014, with Mexican producer Yadira Ávalos, she wrote and co-produced a short film. Her first narrative piece, 'Disco Inferno' (2015) obtained nominations in 70 international film festivals including fan favorites Palm Springs, Fantasia, Sitges or Fantastic Fest, which awarded her as Best Director and Silver Feature Film Project of its film market. Twelve other international festival wins ensued. The short film toured Japan, China, the US and Canada with several 'Best of the Fest' showcases for two years.
Alice's first feature 'Paradise Hills' (2019) was produced by Spanish company Nostromo Pictures ('Penny Dreadful', 'Buried'). A science-fiction YA thriller written by Brian DeLeeuw ('Daniel isn't real') and Academy-Award nominated Nacho Vigalondo ('Colossal', 'Timecrimes', 'Extraterrestrial'). Protagonized by Emma Roberts, Awkwafina, Eiza Gonzalez, Danielle Macdonald, Milla Jovovich and Jeremy Irvine.
Said feature became the second Spanish debut film to ever be screened at Sundance Film Festival (2019). Twenty other international genre festivals such as Fantasia, Sitges or Mórbido, followed suit.- IMDb mini biography by: M & W
- Alice has said "Growing up with a forensic psych mother was like living inside a 90s procedural-- (born Irene Lago) it seems likely I was named after Sherlock Holmes' Irene Adler! As a child, I would sit outside her door with a coloring book as she was discussing these incredibly gruesome cases: I credit this as my first contact with horror. She later on changed career paths and became a child psychologist for Autistic children and teens. Her advocacy for Autistic families is something I am endlessly proud of".
- Came up in Madrid, Spain with the New Wave of Spaniard genre directors like Nacho Vigalondo, Eugenio Mira & Paco Plaza, a tight-knit group that has been collaborating for decades.
- Women want to direct science fiction, they want to direct action films, they want to direct creature features. We have been socialized to prioritize our drive to care and willingness to adapt to survive. And whether your story is set in a parallel universe or at the 7- Eleven 'round the corner, without empathy for your characters and a universal emotional core in you've got no movie.
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