Fernando Cortizo

Fernando Cortizo Rodríguez born in 1973 in Santiago de Compostela is a Galician director and screenwriter After practicing for a time as a veterinarian he became interested in realimage cinema and made two realimage short films before moving on to stopmotion animation with the short film Black Cat Spantat After this first experience in 2007 he created Artefacto Producciones where he made O Boiro O Ladrón de Dollecas Leo Sombras na noite and Promesa In 2009 he began the production of his first feature film The Apostle being the first European film in stereoscopic stop motion For the project he managed to involve technicians from the biggest world productions as well as the North American musician Philip Glass for the realization of the soundtrack The film won numerous international awards such as ANNECY Audience Award France 2013 Fantasporto Jury Award Portugal 2013 Animamundi Winner Brazil 2013 Best Film Animpact Korea 2013 Best Film Expotoons Argentina 2012 in addition to a nomination at the 2013 Goya Awards in the best animated film category