Laura Pedro
Laura Pedro | |
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 Pedro in 2024 | |
| Born | Laura Pedro Albiol 1989 (age 34–35) |
| Occupation | Visual effects supervisor |
Laura Pedro Albiol (born 1989) is a Spanish visual effects supervisor. She is the first woman to win the Goya Award for Best Special Effects.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Pedro initially wanted to be a camera operator, but a motorcycle accident prevented her from doing so. She studied visual effects at the ESCAC film school until 2013. After completing her studies, she joined the film company “El Ranchito” as a digital composer, where she has worked as a VFX supervisor since 2016.[3]
Pedro is openly lesbian.[1] In 2023, she was included in the list of the 15 most important and influential lesbians in the world by Elle magazine, in 8th place.[4]
Awards and nominations
[edit]Pedro was awarded the Goya (alongside Lluis Rivera) and the Gaudí Award for her special effects work in Superlópez, a 2018 film directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera,[5] and also received a Goya for Way Down (2021). She received another Gaudí for Un año, una noche (2022). She received the European Film Award for La sociedad de la nieve (2023), and her third Goya award in 2024 for the same film.[6]
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]- 2016: Un monstruo viene a verme
- 2017: Piel fría
- 2018: Superlópez
- 2019: Quien a hierro mata
- 2020: Malnazidos
- 2021: Way Down
- 2022: Un año, una noche
- 2023: La sociedad de la nieve
Series
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Gasca, Joaquín (27 December 2019). "Laura Pedro: "No he tenido problemas en el trabajo por ser lesbiana. Vamos, lo que me faltaba"". Shangay (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ Carrasco de Juanas, Pablo (4 February 2019). "Los 6 momentos más LGTBI de los premios Goya 2019" (in European Spanish). Shangay. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Laura Pedro". elranchito.es.
- ^ Alonso, Begoña (24 October 2023). "Las 15 lesbianas más influyentes del mundo". ELLE (in European Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "'Superlópez', Goya a los mejores efectos especiales, en la noche del cine español". Telecinco. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Películas » Premios Goya 2024". www.premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.