Fran Estévez
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Fran Estévez | |
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 During the filming of Metamorfosis (2003). | |
| Born | Francisco José Estévez García 11 April 1980 Vilagarcía de Arousa, Galicia, Spain |
| Alma mater | School of Cinematic Arts of Galicia |
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Francisco José Estévez García (born April 11, 1980) is a Spanish filmmaker born in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra.
He was part of the first class of the School of Cinematic Arts of Galicia (Vigo, 2001). The sci-fi short film Equinoccio (Equinox) (school thesis in 35 mm). Founder of the production company Hipotálmo Films, from which in 2004 directed Metamorfosis (Metamorphosis), adaptation of the popular tale of Franz Kafka which is worth many awards and commendations.[1] He has also made the short film El Humanoide (Humanoid) (2007) and the short experimental Titanio & Plutonio (Titanium & Plutonium) (2010).[2]
In 2013 his more ambitious and gently filmed Idiotas (Idiots), starring a guy with a disability and his talking dog who find mysterious balloons across the city of Santiago de Compostela with a curious message: "Deflate me little by little...".[3][4]
Filmography
[edit]- Idiotas. Director, writer, musician. (2013)
- Titanio & Plutonio en el País del Ciclograma. Director, actor, storyboard, post, musician. (2010)
- El Humanoide. Director, actor (contortionist), editor, soundman. (2007)
- La Canción de Fémerlin. Assistant director, editor, musician. (2005)
- Metamorfosis. Director, writer, editor, sound engineer, musician. (2004)
- Equinoccio. Director, screenwriter. (2003)
- Ipso Facto. Editor, musician. (2003)
- Fandango. Director, editor. (2003)
- Ruido Blanco. Editor, musician. (2002)
- Hipotálamo. Director, producer, screenwriter, musician. (2002)
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish)Franz Kafka, autor de "La metamorfosis", cumple años en Google; ...Un joven cineasta llamado Fran Estévez dirigió el cortometraje basado en "La metamorfosis"... in La Verdad, of Murcia, on July 3, 2013
- ^ "Un corto sobre la felicidad". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ (in Spanish)Fran Estévez "Este certamen tiene mérito, con la gente del pueblo viendo cine de autor" by Cesar Collante, in Faro de Vigo on September 11, 2014
- ^ Estevez, Rosa (25 November 2014). ""Idiotas" o el triunfo del cine gallego fuera de Galicia". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2015.
