UGARTE ORTIZ DE LANZAGORTA, Jose Luis

Academic training

Degree in Philosophy (1999-2004) Universitat de Barcelona

Degree in Film direction (2004-2007) C.E.C.C (Centro de Estudios Cinematográficos)

Professional experience

Professor (2009-present) in Bande a Part, Escuela de Cine
Subjects: History of film (specializing in Asian cinema, Animation, Film Noir, Modern and Contemporary American cinema); Film theory; Screenwriting.


Head of “Project development” department (2017-Present), and Head of Screenwriting department (2020-Present).
He has tutorized the pre-production and post-production of around 30 Final Degree Projects, and post-studies projects since 2017.


Professor in UIC Barcelona (Universidad Internacional de Catalunya). (2015 Present)
Lectures “Gamification and Narrative Gaming”, Department of communication sciences


Member of Executive team and Development producer in El dedo en el ojo (Production Company) – (2017-Present)


Collaborator with FILMOTECA DE CATALUNYA since 2019
(talks/conferences):
02/2019 Bab El Hadid (1958) - Aula de cinema
01/2020 It always rains on Sunday (1947) - Aula de cinema
12/2021 Detour (1945) - Aula de cinema


He has written, directed and designed several games and films:
Platero ¡Sígueme! (Screenplay and game design) FunBox, 2014.
ScienceBox (Screenplay and game design) FunBox, 2015.
Una café por papá (Screenplay and directing), 2009
Shock (Screenplay and directing), (2008)