Carlos A. López Piñeiro

Director · Producer · Writer

A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

July 21, 1950

Biography

Doctor by the University of Vigo with the thesis [cum laude] “Técnica do relato fílmico”. In 1975 he began working as a film critic for the newspaper La Voz de Galicia under the pseudonym Caurel, and as a producer, scriptwriter and director in Equipo Imaxe -recognized with the Mestre Mateo 2006 honorary award- of which he was a founding member. He was involved in the making of numerous short films, and is considered among the pioneers of Galician audiovisuals. In addition to prologues and chapters of collective works, such as Obradoiros de Cine Clásico and Xéneros cinematográficos? Aproximacións e reflexións, he has individually published the books O cine na revista Vida Gallega (1909-1938), O nacemento dunha cidade (A implantación do cine en Pontevedra), “Enrique Barreiro, cineasta e inventor" and ‘As catro estacioness do relato audiovisual’. He actively participates in numerous events, forums and entities defending the Galician audiovisual industry. He also participated in the Seminar of Script Analysis with Linda Seger in 1997, in the workshop of Dialogues in the Cinematographic Script with Valentín Fernández Tubau in 1999 and in the workshop of Cinematographic Dramaturgy with Jean-Claude Carrière in 2000. He taught various subjects at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication at the University of Vigo and creative production and screenwriting at the Escuela Superior de Artes Cinematográficas de Galicia (EGACI).