Jairo Iglesias

Category: Director
Birth Date: In 1986
Birth Place: Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)
 Curriculum

His interest for cinema starts after watching Tésis by Alejandro Amenábar, who he considers as a reference of that time.
In 2004, he entered the Image and Sound School of A Coruña, where he studied the second stage of Image for two years. At the moment, he is studying Audiovisual Production and Performances at the same school.
Although he mainly writes scripts and directs shorts, he also worked as a cameraman in other shorts, reports and advertising and as a set designer in several projects.
Together with Sara Horta, he created Producciones Retrato in October 2005 in order to work as a group and carry out projects in a most professional way.
He was awarded Mestre Mateo Prize to the best fiction short with “Cicatrices”, becoming the youngest director that got this prize.

 Work & Activities

SHORTS:
Jairo Iglesias made his debut as a director and scriptwriter in July 2005 with “Retrato”, a short about love and lost opportunities with a star cast: Tamar Novas (Goya Prize for Mar Adentro), Sara Casasnovas, César Goldi, Estíbaliz Veiga and Sergio Suárez.
In February 2006, he recorded his second short, “Cicatrices”, supported by Mr. Misto Films. The short, about social themes and a star cast with Isabel Blanco, Estibaliz Veiga and Xavier Deive, participated in several national festivals and was awarded Mestre Mateo Prize to the best fiction short in May 2007.
He has just presented his third work, “Rosa dos Ventos”, a short about widows of fishermen and Galicia. It was recorded in Malpica with the same team. Belén Constenla, Miguel Borines, María Castro and Fernando Morán play this short that was favourably received in the premieres.

QUOTATIONS
‘Lonxe das poses, dos ‘sectores estratéxicos’, do moito ruído e poucas noces, do moito técnico e pouco autor de talento, do ‘fenómeno’, Jairo Iglesias é hoxe unha verdadeira garantía de futuro para o noso audiovisual’, Galicia Hoxe – Yolanda Castaño.
‘Jairo iglesias es el director más joven nominado a los Premios Mestre Mateo, por un corto que cuenta con un reparto de lujo y una estupenda banda sonora’, Diario de Pontevedra. Belén B.
‘É un dos curtametraxistas máis asentaados dentro do panorama galego, un dos de maior talento, un dos máis mediáticos e, aínda por riba, o director máis novo.
Rebobinemos! Se falar de Iglesias é falar de Amenábar, falar de Amenábar é falar de Spielberg (isto último é vox populi). Polo tanto Jairo Iglesias está chamado a ser o “Spielberg galego”. (...) Entre todas as secuencias destaca a do porto na que Jairo iglesias filmou, sen tremerlle a man, un dos primeiros planos máis fermosos da historia do audiovisual galego’, Axencia Audiovisual Galega. María Gondar.
‘Un corto tiene todos los peligros de un largometraje, y la dificultad de tener que condensar una historia en pocos minutos. Iglesias ha construido una historia de amor y de sentimientos. Un corto muy laborioso que augura grandes cosas’, Diario de Pontevedra, Cristina Michelena.
‘Jairo Iglesias, a promesa do cine galego’, Galicia Hoxe. Maré.
‘Puede que el guión de Cicatrices suene, pero el final y el tratamiento de la cinta sorprende al público’, El ideal gallego. Elena P.
‘Con solo 20 años, Jairo Iglesias va a estrenar su segundo cortometraje’, El Correo Gallego.

OTHER WORKS
Advertising
2006. DOBLECLIC.INFO. Video film. Direction and post.
2006. CASASDEREBAJAS.COM. Direction and post. 5 spots for TV.
2006. Marineda Tennis Courts. Direction and photography. Spot for TV

Videoclips
2006. “Néboa” by Shroud of tears
2007. “As cores do solpor” by Loretta Martin.

Cameraman and postproduction
2003. ICEWIND, Casa do patín (Santiago de Compostela). 3 cameras.
2005. Ruxe-Ruxe, Nasa Concert Hall (Santiago de Compostela). 4 cameras.
2006. ICEWIND, Capitol Concert Hall (Santiago de Compostela). 5 cameras + 1 camera, interviews.

 Other Interesting Aspects

PRIZES
2007. CICATRICES. Mestre Mateo Prize 2006 to the best fiction short. Galician Audiovisual Academy.
2006. CLAUSTROFILIA. ‘Non te curtes’ AVID Prize.
2006. LLÁMAME. ‘Premio Acción’ (Boiro).