Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (born 5 December 1967) is a Spanish film director, script writer, and producer. He directed Intacto and 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. His film Esposados was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1996.

Biography

Early life Fresnadillo was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. In 1977, at the age of nine, he witnessed the aftermath of the Tenerife airport disaster, which in part inspired his 2001 film Intacto. In 1985, Fresnadillo moved to Madrid.

Movie career He started out in photography and cinema studies and then began his career in short films. In 1987, he set up a production company which produced several short films and commercials. Fresnadillo went on to become a production assistant for Gustavo Fuertes' short film El juicio final (1991) (U.S. title The Final Judgement).

In 1996, he made his directorial debut with the black-and-white short film Esposados (U.S. title: Linked), for which he was also the executive producer. This black comedy tells the story of a couple who are constantly fighting over money; when they find themselves winning the Christmas lottery, however, they have such different ideas about what to do next that the husband tries to get rid of his wife. Esposados won 40 national and international awards. In October 2011, news broke that Fresnadillo was no longer attached to the Crow remake.

On 25 August 2014, Variety reported that Fresnadillo was in talks to develop and possibly direct a thriller titled The Last Witness about the lone survivor of a bomb attack in Boston.

Filmography Short film Year Title Director Writer ExecutiveProducer 1991 El extraño pacto 1996 Esposados 2002 Psicotaxi 2019 4X

Feature film Year Title Director Writer 2002 Intacto 2007 28 Weeks Later 2011 Intruders 2012 La senda 2024 Damsel

Television Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer Notes 1990 Blanco TV movie 2016 Falling Water Episode "Don't Tell Bill" Prototype TV movie 2017 Salvation Episode "Pilot"