Ignacio Oliva. Screenwriter and Director

                        

He was born in Murcia, in 1963. Graduated in Fine Arts at Polytechnic University of Valencia. He increased his studies on cinema in Zagreb Film (Croatia) with Bogdan Zizic and in Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, (USA) with Marketta Kimbell.

He has written scripts for fiction films: “Falsos Años”, written with Juan Diego and adaptation of the novel “Tríbada” by Miguel Espinosa (1995), “Dirección única”, (2000 based on the book of the philosopher Walter Benjamin). “La rosa de nadie” (2004) and “Conversación en la montaña” (2009).  

He has written and directed more than twenty documentaries, among others: “Pigmeos de África Central” (2000), “Visiones de Fernando Arrabal” (2001), “Memoria del tiempo devastado” (2005), “Quechuas del Valle del Colca” (2006), “Almodóvar por dentro” (2006), “Diario de Mongolia” (2008).

He has written and directed seven short fiction films in 16mm, 35mm. and digital: “Incidencias” (1996) 16 mm, “Sky Radio” (1996) 35 mm, “La isla de papel” (2003) Digital, “Pies de zorro” (2004) 35 mm, “El Puente” (2006) Digital, “Sade” (2007) 16 mm / Digital, “Femme”. (2007) 16 mm. / Digital.


Since 1989 teach about film at Faculty of Fine Arts in Cuenca. He has written books of film theory “La imagen sustantiva” y “Eterno Eisenstein”. (Ediciones UCLM).. (Ediciones UCLM). He translated the american method of acting written by Jeremy Wehlen “Instant Acting” for the editorial Mensajero (Bilbao). Member of " Equipo Reseña" as film critic, he has pursued for over ten years in the magazine " Reseña" and the annual volume “Cine para leer”. He has taught numerous courses, seminars, masters, workshops and conferences in various Spanish universities and in Portugal, France, Italy and the United States.