ABOUT

Joaquín Asencio (Puebla de Cazalla, Sevilla, 1978) studied Film & TV at the prestigious New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, alma mater of directors like Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone. During film school, Joaquín Asencio wrote, edited and directed seven short films and worked as a crew member in about thirty of them. In 2001, he directed his thesis film “The Censor”, official selection at more than fifty international festivals worldwide and winner of several important awards.

Back in Spain, he founded the production company Lemendu. The first project brought to light was the short film “Straw Men” (2005), a film noir 26 minutes in length. With more than twelve actors and twenty locations, the demanding experience was closer to shooting a feature film. But it payed off, since the film was screened and awarded at international festivals.

Later, Joaquín Asencio directed a few music videos and worked as a director for Antena 3’s tv series “El rastro del crimen” (2008). At the show, he was in charge of reconstructing, among others, the brutal crime of “Alcácer”. Aside from his directing work, he produced and edited the TV documentary “Towns without Road” (2008) and the short films “The Last Wedding” (2009) and “Salas S.A.L.” (2013). Currently, he works on developing the feature films “Los Negros”, “Summer without her”, “Badminton” and “Personal Message”.