Salvador Calvo closes an agreement with Boomerang TV to develop new fiction projects

The director of films such as 'The Last of the Philippines' will be linked to the production company where he already worked as director of 'Personal Reasons', 'El padre de Caín', 'Hermanos', 'The Mysteries of Laura' or 'Ours I'.

Salvador Calvo closes an agreement with Boomerang TV to develop new fiction projects in the production company where he already worked as a director in the series Personal reasons, The father of Cain, Brothers, The mysteries of Laura o Ours I.

Under this agreement, Calvo will also work on the development of film projects, an area in which he has received great recognition with his latest works. the movie The last of the Philippines earned him the Goya nomination for Best New Director in 2016 and None is up for the Goya this year in the category of Best Fiction Short Film. In addition, at the end of January it will premiere Adu, a film starring Luis Tosar and Anna Castillo.

Juan Jose Diaz, Senior Manager of Boomerang TV assures that "the incorporation of one of the great directors of the Spanish audiovisual scene to the Boomerang TV team is a great stimulus for the production company that aspires to continue maintaining a firm commitment to bringing together great creative talent. Calvo has worked with us on large productions and, at a time when our fiction is going through one of its most fruitful stages, we are especially excited that he will return to work at Boomerang TV and join our great team of professionals. Our goal is to continue telling stories exciting films with a high level of production and we are convinced that the fact that they reach the viewer through the eyes of a director of the stature of Salvador Calvo will provide great value.”

Calvo is "delighted to return to Boomerang TV, a production company in which he has always felt very comfortable working. A place full of people who combine talent and humanity like the producer Tedy Villalba with whom I have grown professionally, developing key projects in my career. This stage is undoubtedly very exciting."

A prolific career

Salvador Calvo has a degree in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. He studied directing actors with the filmmaker Pilar Miró and later with the actress and director Alicia Hermida at La Barraca. He complemented his training by studying Interpretation with Juan Carlos Corazza and studied Animation and Storyboard for two years at the “Fastasma” Academy.

His last work, Adu, will be in theaters on January 31, 2020. With its short film None It has obtained great recognition at festivals and, in addition to the Goya nomination, it has been a finalist at the Forqué Awards in the category of Best Fiction Short Film. In 2016 he filmed his first film 1898 The Last of the Philippines with great success among the public and critics, obtaining nine Goya nominations, including New Director.

His works of fiction include: Cain's father, Ours, Brothers, Personal reasons, The mysteries of Laura, Stolen children, Alakrana y What their eyes were hiding, among other titles.