Joan Marc Zapata
Specialty
Film direction and script
Training
Master in Film Direction at the Bande à Part School in Barcelona
Degree in Advertising and Public Relations from the University of Girona (UdG)
Career path
He began directing his first projects in Los Angeles, becoming the director of multiple internationally awarded short films. Among them, the awards from The Amazing Thailand Film Challenge that he won with the short film stand out. Now I know.
His work Bright Side in D Minor, shot entirely in Switzerland, was awarded at the Medina del Campo Film Week Festival, among others, and received selections from all over the world.
In 2022 he finished his first feature film the color of the sky, premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, starring Marta Etura (winner of the Goya Award) and Francesc Garrido and produced by Arnold Films and 89 Productions.
Subjects and workshops
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY AND AUDIOVISUAL ARTS
Audiovisual creation
Projects II
Awards, mentions and recognitions
Winner of the Amazing Thailand Film Festival for "Now I Know"
Finalist in the FICAE Short Film Festival for "La Marinada"
Special Jury Prize FECIDISCOVI for "La Marinada"