Isabel Herguera

Isabel Herguera

Born 1961
San Sebastián, País Vasco, Spain

Biography

Graduated in Fine Arts at the UPV/UHE, she went to Düsseldorf to study video-art. After participating in a cartoon seminar she did her first animated short film Spain Loves You. In 1990 she received a grant to continue her studies at the California Institute for the Arts (Calarts). Los Muertitos was her final project at Calarts and has won her many prizes. She lived in Los Angeles where she directed and worked on various commercial productions. In 1998, together with Satinder Singh she founded her own animation studio, Loko Pictures. Since March 2001 she is the director of ANIMAC, the International Animation Cinema Festival in Lleida.

Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca

Director

Movies
2023

Sultana's Dream

2016

Kalebegiak

Documentaries
2012

Under the Pillow

Short
2023

Illustrated Woman

2015

Winter Love

2014

Sailor's Grave

2010

Ámár

2005

The Blind Hen

Screenwriter

Movies
2023

Sultana's Dream

Documentaries
2012

Under the Pillow

Short
2023

Illustrated Woman

2015

Winter Love

2014

Sailor's Grave

Production designer

Movies
2023

Sultana's Dream

Producer

Movies
2023

Sultana's Dream

Documentaries
2012

Under the Pillow

Short
2014

Sailor's Grave

2010

Ámár