José Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña

José Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña created IMPALA in the 1960s, a company which has produced over one hundred films directed by several of Spain's top directors. At present it owns sixty five negatives, several of them considered classics.

He is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a senior editor of campus humor magazine The Yale Record.^[1]

He was President of Warner Española, a company which was in partnership with Warner Bros. and during thirty years distributed all WB products in Spain. Was also President of Warner Home Video in Spain during ten years.

As Vice President of Incine, he was also involved in the distribution of 20th Century Fox films between 1970 and 1988. At different times during those last decades also distributed Columbia Pictures, Disney and PolyGram while this company remained active.

He was on the Board of Cinesa, Spain's leading theatrical chain, as well as on the Board of Warner-Lusomundo Theaters.

He created CINEPAQ together with Canal+ France. In 1992 CINEPAQ merged with IDEA, a company belonging to the PRISA GROUP, and formed SOGEPAQ. He was President of SOGEPAQ, a company which financed most of Spain's top box office films during the last twenty years as well as creating the largest modern catalogue of Spanish feature films.

From 1997 to 2000 he was a member of the Board of the European Film Academy.

In 2000 he became President of PLURAL, a new PRISA audiovisual production company.

Together with Luis García Berlanga and Alfredo Matas, conceived and promoted.

Ciudad de la Luz Studios in Alicante, one of Europe's most modern Studios .35 films have been shot in CDLL since it began operating in 2005.

In 2006 decided to revive Impala's activities while remaining as a consultant to PLURAL. Besides films IMPALA is now involved in developing TV series and programs – at present it is developing a Mexican co production with TVE – and theatrical plays together with SABRE, a company with a long record of successes in the theater.

In 2007 he was awarded EGEDA's Gold Medal.^[2]

In 2010 he started the creation of a new branch of IMPALA, IMPALA Digital, producing content for the Internet including Social media.

As a producer, distributor and initiator of several audiovisual ventures, Jose Vicuña's main objective during his career has always been to promote Spanish creative talent both inside and outside Spain.

Filmography

2008 8 citas Peris Romano y Rodrigo Sorogoyen

2007 Goal II, viviendo el sueño Jaume Collet Serra

2005 Los dos lados de la cama Emilio Martínez Lázaro

2003 Dos tipos duros Juan Martínez Moreno

2002 El otro lado de la cama Emilio Martínez Lázaro

2001 Algunas chicas doblan las piernas cuando hablan Ana Díez

2001 Hacerse el sueco Daniel Díaz Torres

2000 Gitano Manuel Palacios

1997 99.9 Agustí Villaronga

1993 Amor y deditos del pie Luis Felipe Rocha

1992 El laberinto griego Rafael Alcázar

1992 Sevilla connection José Ramón Larraz

1991 Ni se te ocurra Luis María Delgado

1991 Nunca estuve en Viena Antonio Larreta

1991 El invierno en Lisboa Jose A. Zorrilla

1990 Aquí huele a muerto Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia

1990 Dancing Machine Gilles Behat

1990 Álbum de familia Luis Galvao

1987 Policía Álvaro Saenz de Heredia

1985 Yo, el vaquilla Jose Antonio de la Loma

1985 Flesh and blood Paul Verhoeven

1985 La rapsodia de los cuatreros Hugo Wilson

1984 Café, coca y puro Antonio del Real

1984 Violines y trompetas Rafael Romero Marchent

1984 Las fantasías de Cuny Joaquin Romero Marchent

1984 Camila María Luisa Bemberg

1984 Las bicicletas son para el verano Jaime Chávarri

1982 La Biblia en pasta Manuel Summers

1982 Freddy el croupier Álvaro Saenz de Heredia

1982 Cecilia Humberto Solás

1982 El cabezota Francisco Lara Polop

1982 Pares y nones José Luis Cuerda

1981 Asesinato en el Comité Central Vicente Aranda

1981 El crack José Luis Garci

1980 La mano negra Fernando Colomo

1980 El divorcio que viene Pedro Masó

1980 Ángeles gordos Manuel Summers

1980 Sentados al borde de la mañana con los pies colgando Antonio J. Betacor

1980 127 millones libres de impuestos Pedro Masó

1979 La miel Pedro Masó

1979 La familia bien, gracias José Luis López Vázquez

1978 Hierba salvaje Luis Mª Delgado

1978 Los restos del naufragio Ricardo Franco

1977 Tengamos la guerra en paz Eugenio Martín

1977 La escopeta nacional Luis García Berlanga

1977 Pepito piscinas Luis Mª Delgado

1977 Nunca es tarde Jaime de Armiñán

1977 Niñas… al salón Vicente Escrivá

1977 Ensalada Baudelaire Leopoldo Tusquets

1977 Los días del pasado Mario Camus

1977 La coquito Pedro Masó

1977 Cacique Bandeira Héctor Olivera

1976 Cambio de sexo Vicente Aranda

1976 La espada negra Francisco Rovira Beleta

1976 Señoritas de uniforme Luis Mª Delgado

1976 La menor Pedro Masó

1976 La lozana andaluza Vicente Escrivá

1976 El bengador justiciero y su pastelera madre Forges

1976 Call girl (vida privada de la Srta. Julia) Eugenio Martín

1975 Jo, papá Jaime de Armiñán

1975 Las adolescentes Pedro Masó

1975 Zorrita Martínez José Luis López Vázquez

1975 La joven casada Mario Camus

1975 País, S.A. Forges

1975 Clara es el precio Vicente Aranda

1974 Yo la vi primero Fernando Fernán Gómez

1974 Un hombre como los demás Pedro Masó

1974 El comisario G Fernando Merino

1974 Open season (los cazadores) Meter Collinson

1973 Pisito de solteras Fernando Merino

1973 El amor del capitán Brando Jaime de Armiñán

1973 Mi profesora particular Jaime Camino

1973 Un trabajo tranquilo Pasquale Festa Campanile

1973 Los pájaros de Baden Baden Mario Camus

1972 Experiencia Prematrimonial Pedro Masó

1969 La Lola dicen que no vive sola Jaime de Armiñán

1969 Urtain, el rey de la selva o así Manuel Summers

1968 ¿Por qué te engaña tu marido? Manuel Summers

1967 Una señora estupenda Eugenio Martín

1966 Con el viento solano Mario Camus

1965 Joaquín Murrieta George Sherman

1964 El extraño viaje Fernando Fernán Gómez

1964 La niña de luto Manuel Summers

1963 Del rosa al amarillo Manuel Summers

References

José Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña at the Internet Movie Database