Juanjo Giménez

Biography

Juanjo Giménez was born and lives in Barcelona. He has directed a couple of shorts, including Rodilla (2009), Nitbus (2007), Maximum Penalty (2005) and Indirect Free Kick (1997), all of them awarded at national and international festivals. He is also the director of the feature films Tilt (2003), awarded in Rome, Las Palmas and Ourense, Dodge and Hit (2010), co-directed with Adan Aliaga, best documentary in Alcances Film Festival Cadiz and Courmayeur Noir Festival, then Contact Proof (2014), also premiered in Alcances. He’s also the founder of the production companies Nadir Films and Salto de Eje. Some of their productions are My grandmother’s house by Adan Aliaga (2005), Joris Ivens Award at IDFA, Stigmata also directed by Adan in 2009, Pilar Miro´ Award for Best First Film in Seminci-Valladolid, and Anas, an Indian film by Enric Miro (2009) awarded at Documenta Madrid, Alcances and premiered at Karlovy Vary.