Ana Torres-Alvarez

Ana Torres-Alvarez

director, writer, producer

Ana Torres-Alvarez was born on Nov 18, 1976 in Spain. Ana Torres-Alvarez's big-screen debut came with Granada: Agua Sin Pausa directed by Ana Torres-Alvarez in 1998. Ana Torres-Alvarez is known for A Matter of Hair directed by Ana Torres-Alvarez, John Gunnery stars as Paul and Karianne Flaathen as Sarah. Ana Torres-Alvarez has got 6 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Ana Torres-Alvarez achieved is I Filmmaker International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Ana Torres-Alvarez plays is Swish which will be released on Sep 09, 2012.

This multi-award winner and international published author was born in Granada (Spain), but now living in Torrox (Malaga), she has attended several courses organized by the University of Granada and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, and, also got knowledge about production of Radio and TV working in Radio Dúrcal, Canal 21 TV and Cope Granada. She moved to England to carry on with her film studies now in Westminster University and the London Film School. Apart of films made during those courses, she has directed two shorts in Spain, one of them, Granada: Agua Sin Pausa (1998), was selected to be exhibited during the first Val Del Omar Festival. In the UK, she directed two films, the musical, Divine Inspiration (2002) and the comedy A Matter of Hair (2004), both have been in festivals in USA, Canada, India and the UK, including the London West End. A Matter of Hair has also been distributed on DVD and broadcast on TV in the UK and USA with great reviews. Back in Spain, her film Tengo algo que decirte (2009) has won several awards in Spain, Australia, Italy and USA and, at the moment, has been in more than 150 festivals. Another two films, ¡Quiero ir a la playa! (2011) and Brian & Lucifer... y Kev (2010) has also been selected in more than 50 festivals and won awards in Spain and USA. Her documentary about basketball in the UK, Swish (2012), also has won an award in Russia. She is now focused in feature films writing scripts of several genres. Her horror thriller script '3 Hours' was finalist at the script competition 'Tu Talento: Cine365' and another one, a romantic comedy was introduced at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival in 2010. Her script "3 Hours" has been published in the United States and her last two scripts have been filmed and exhibited at the Malaga Film Festival.

  • Birthday

    Nov 18, 1976
  • Place of Birth

    Granada, Spain

Known For

Awards

6 wins & 7 nominations

I Filmmaker International Film Festival
2015
Tengo algo que decirte (2009)
Winner - Honorable Mention of the Jury
WorldFest Houston
2014
Black/Dark Comedy
Winner - Bronze Award
Jack-in-the-Box (2013)
2012
Documentary - Short
Winner - Silver Award
2011
Original Dramatic Short
Winner - Bronze Award
Brian & Lucifer... y Kev (2010)
2010
Comedy - Romantic
Winner - Gold Remi Award
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