Acheron Films

Director, Scriptwriter & Composer

José Ortuño has written and/or directed documentaries such as como Ignacio Sánchez Mejías: Más allá del toreo or Alcalá Zamora: la Tercera España. He has also written and directed medium length films such as El legado de Munt for Universal, and features such as KiaN or Pleno al quince as well as many other projects. Most recently he has written and directed the film The Extraordinary Tale and the TV show 25, mucho que ver contigo.
As a playwright, he has written and directed over a hundred plays, which have been performed in Spain or at the Royal Court Theatre in London. His play Atrapado received the Miguel Romero Esteo Award from the Centro Andaluz de Teatro, as Andalucia’s best theatre play. In 2005, he won the I Jerry Goldsmith Award for Young European Composers for Palomita Mía and two years later was nominated again for El árbol seco.

Director & Casting Director

Laura Alvea is one of the most active Andalusian audiovisual professionals today. She has developed her career mainly as an Assistant Director, although she has also worked in the production of many works and is also becoming a renowned casting director in Spain. Along with this work she has also co-directed several projects including the docummentary Tebraa, retratos de mujeres saharauis (awarded with the La Rosa del Desierto) and the short Relojes de Arena along with José F. Ortuño.
 As an Assistant Director, highlights of her work include feature films such as: El mundo es nuestro, Carmina o revienta, Juan de los Muertos, Carmina y Amén, Cenizas, Un mundo cuadrado, Asesinos Inocentes, Flamenco, flamenco, by Carlos Saura, Colorado Avenue or El legado de Munt. She was head of production of the feature Juan de los Muertos, by Alejandro Brugués, and worked in the castings of the movies Grupo 7, Héctor y Bruno, La Isla Mínima, Un Mundo Cuadrado, Asesinos Inocentes or Déjate caer, among many others.

Production Director

Marichu Sanz is the current general manager and production manager of Acheron Films. She is also in charge of coordinating all ongoing projects, both in terms of Acheron’s productions and regarding tasks belonging to external production orders.
Marichu Sanz has been working in the field of audio-visual production for more than 10 years with different film and documentary companies such as Ático Siete (Morente Sueña La Alhambra) or Sacromonte Films (La Isla Mínima). She has been involved in numerous projects fulfilling different roles such as producer, production assistant, development executive, production manager or production director; some of those projects are The Extraordinary Tale (of the times table), Elogio de ti misma, Grupo 7 or Tiempo de Leyenda.