Miguel Ángel Font Bisier

Valencia Spain based Miguel Ángel Font Bisier is an award winning director. Miguel (director, editor, camera, writer and musician) was born in Valencia, Spain in 1987. He studied in the German School of Valencia and obtained a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Cardenal Herrera University of Valencia. Before he began his career as director, he studied violin for 18 years and piano for 4, what has resulted in him composing or supervising all of the soundtracks for his films. In 2007 he decided to start making videos and since then he has shot over 60 pieces, including music videos (from extreme metal bands until flamenco or pop), contemporary dance videos, short films, spots, interviews (for example to Ennio Morricone), documentaries, animation films and a middle length horror movie. As an accomplished violinist, Font Bisier is known for the original soundtracks that grace his films. As a sought after writer and speaker his articles frequently appear on international websites. Fluent in Spanish, German, English and Italian he is fast becoming one of the most photographed directors on the European film scene. Starting out directing short films and music videos, his breakthrough came with the "3Nesis" film trilogy: Einesis, Aeterna, and Heraion. Debuting at international film festivals to critical acclaim, the trilogy is still amazing audiences with it's sensuality, storytelling, and stunning visual effects. The trilogy is one of the first created in Spain and was supported by fashion designers such as Francis Montesinos and stylist Tono Sanmartín. Always willing to give back to the community, Font Bisier has used the series to help benefit social causes and charity benefits. In 2011 he helmed his first horror film, Elmala3ien (the damned), which was shot in Valencia. Staying with this theme his next horror short film, Llagas, was produced without the use of any computer effects. Paco Plaza, co-director of REC saga participated in the project as a consultant. The film was released at Sitges Film Festival 2012. It was also screened at Paris International Fantastic Film Festival and many other festivals, winning awards under Tyrannosaurus Entertainment's distribution. In 2012 Miguel Ángel was commissioned to direct Discreet Hearts, an erotic comedy webseries for IMT. 240 million views later his status as one of Spain's hottest new directors was firmly established. Taking his career to new levels in 2013 he writes and directs his third terror project, Sinnside: a social critique hidden under a sinister tale which combines digital techniques and traditional effects together with a cast of 8 children and 10 adults. This award winning film premiered at "Sitges 2013" to critical acclaim. It's recent screening has been at the "Fantastic and Terror Cinema Week of Donostia", "Molins de Rei Festival", along with "Sustefest 2013", México. A filmmaking virtuoso, Font Bisier also recently completed his first screenplay Swing, his first feature film script. It's a comedy about sexuality full of twists and surprises. He is also preparing another dark comedy script and a kids traditional animation project, The Guardian and the Girl. He recently opened up his brand new production studio where he works for international televisions, fashion brands and production companies as a camera operator, editor and postproduction manager.