Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the new strategic point of the Festival in which converge investigation, accompaniment and development of new talents (Ikusmira Berriak, Nest); training and cinematic knowledge transfer (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Zinemaldia + Plus, Filmmakers' dialogue); and investigation, disclosure and cinematic thought (Z70 project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
An Australian producer born and brought up in the South of Spain. He started his career as a journalist for “Time Out” in London. For thirteen years he worked for the Virgin record company, first as a publicist, where he represented, among others, the Sex Pistols, Phil Collins or Mike Oldfield, later as the editor of “The Film Yearbook” and finally as head of the film production division.
His first job in the industry was to co-produce Michael Radford’s 1984 (1984) followed by Aria (1987), a collaborative film directed by Robert Altman, Jean-Luc Godard and Nicolas Roeg, among others. As executive producer he worked on Secret Places (1984) by Zelda Barron, Absolute Beginners (1985) by Julian Temple, Captive (1986) by Paul Mayersberg and Gothic (1986) by Ken Russell.
At the end of the eighties he settled in Sydney. A member of the Australian Film Commission from 1989 to 1992, he produced seven films in the following ten years: two starring Russell Crowe, The Crossing (1990) by George Ogilvie and Heaven’s Burning (1997) by Craig Lahiff; two directed by Stephan Elliott, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) and Eye of the Beholder (1997; Siam Sunset (1999) by John Polson and Chopper (2000) by Andrew Dominik. His most recent production is The Hard Word (2002), written and directed by Scott Roberts. He is currently working on Thunderstruck, to be directed by Darren Ashton in 2004.
He has written two books: “Raymond Chandler in Hollywood” (1996) and “The Lavender Bus” (1999), a revised version of “Making Priscilla” (1994).