BIOGRAPHY

Antonio Saura was born in Madrid in 1960. He is a writer, a productor and teacher. Son of filmmaker Carlos Saura and the cinema teacher and journalist Adela Medrano he is as well as brother of filmmaker Saura Medrano.

Either as executive of the film companies LolaFilms and Iberoamericana Films, or as executive producer for the film production companies Zebra Producciones and La Fiera Corrupia, Antonio Saura has produced many films in recent years, including Carlos Saura's Salomé (2002) (Best Artistic contribution Montreal 2002), Antonio Hernandez's En la ciudad sin límites (2002) and Miguel Albadalejo's Rencor (2002).

He has been actively involved in training activities both as founder and director of the Media Business School, and as teacher of audio-visual and development economics for programs such as Emama, Mega, Universidad de Navarra, Instituto de Empresa of Madrid and Universidad de Valencia. As a scriptwriter, his credits include Lisa, El árbol del manzano, and Dos tipos Duros.

Antonio Saura has also written for some of the most prestigious newspapers in Spain, including El Pais, El Mundo and Diario 16, and has contributed analyses on film aspects to La Gaceta de los Negocios, Viridiana and other publications. He is member of the European and the Spanish Film Academies.