Eugenio Mira

Eugenio Mira (born 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker and composer. He has been credited as composer in some films under the pseudonym Chucky Namanera.[1]

Eugenio Mira

He was born in Castalla, Alicante. After finishing his studies in high school and as a piano player he moved to Madrid to attend Septima Ars Madrid film school, working in the Spanish film industry as a first assistant director, in the art department and the advertising world. His debut short film, Fade (2000)[2] called the attention of Guillermo del Toro, who supported his career from the very beginning, introducing him to his agent, Robert Newman (WME).

Mira's first feature-length film, The Birthday (2004), became a cult movie[3] after winning several awards[4] at the first edition of Fantastic Fest (Austin, TX), where he also held the world premieres of his 2010 Gothic tale[5] Agnosia the 2013 film Grand Piano starring Elijah Wood and John Cusack (released in the US by Magnet/Magnolia Pictures).

Other works

Besides his work as director, screenwriter and composer, Mira has also worked occasionally at a variety of other jobs, from second unit director on The Impossible (Juan Antonio Bayona, 2012) to actor, incarnating[6] a younger Robert De Niro, in Red Lights (Rodrigo Cortés, 2011).

His soundtrack for Nacho Vigalondo’s Timecrimes (2007) was released by Mondo[7] on a special limited edition[8] vinyl.

Mira is currently developing several film projects and is about to release the first album from his new musical project Pagana[9] (stylized as P ^ G ^ N ^) . This album will be the first release from Mira's own film and record label Paramirama.

He was charged with the direction of the 6-episode television series ¡García!, which began production in 2021.[10]

References
  1. García, Pedro J. (25 February 2019). "Más allá de Bayona: Estos directores españoles están triunfando en el extranjero". ecartelera. p. 9.
  2. "Fade (Short 2000) - IMDb".
  3. "The 100 Best Films of the Decade: 2000 – 2009 (part 5)". 21 December 2009.
  4. "FANTASTIC FEST announces Jury & Audience Awards for the Fest!".
  5. Capone. "Fantastic Fest 2010: Capone gets weepy just thinking about how much he loves Spain's AGNOSIA!!!". Aint It Cool News.
  6. "Spanish Director Eugenio Mira Steps In Front Of The Camera As A Young De Niro In RED LIGHTS". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  7. "Mondo Releases TIMECRIMES!".
  8. "Mondo Unveils TIMECRIMES As Its Latest Vinyl Soundtrack Release, Will Debut At Fantastic Fest". 21 September 2013.
  9. "When Never Takes Forever".
  10. "HBO MAX arranca la producción de su nueva serie original, ¡GARCÍA! creada por Sara Antuña y Carlos de Pando". Camera and Light Mag. 7 May 2021.
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