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JOSE PITARCH GARRIDO
PDI-Associat/Da Universitari/A
Knowledge area: AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING
Department: Language Theory and Communication Sciences
Teoría de los Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Comunicación Blasco Ibáñez, 32 planta 5a.
64400
Biography

Film and television director and editor. After obtaining a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Valencia in 2000, he developed an extensive career in the industry. He took his first steps as an editor at RTVV before taking charge of his own production company, La Taca Produccions, where he directed a wide range of content, including advertising, documentaries, fiction, and web series. He completed his training in documentary filmmaking at EICTV, the International Film and TV School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. From 2013 to 2016, he worked in Ecuador, where he served as the production director for the national channel Gama TV and produced several documentaries for the production company En el Ojo Films. Upon returning to Valencia, he became the director of the university channel MediaUni at the University of Valencia and worked as a filmmaker for the university’s Audiovisual Workshop. In 2017, he embarked on a new phase as Head of Image at À Punt Mèdia. He has combined his professional work with teaching, lecturing in the Audiovisual Communication degree program at the University of Valencia and in the Master’s in Audiovisual Content and Formats. In Ecuador, he was a professor at INCINE, a prestigious film institute recognized across Latin America, and at the University of the Hemispheres. Among his most notable documentaries as a director and editor are the feature films Més enllà del mur. Cançons contra l’apartheid (2010), which won the Audience Award at the Festival Inquiet, Assaltant el paradís (2006), which received the Enderrock Award for Best Musical DVD, and Sempre al tall (2015). His short documentary Indígenes (2013) was recognized as the Best Short Film at the València Crea Festival. He has also directed other documentaries, including Cant al ras, la nit del poble (2018), Bustamante en primer pla (TVE, 2022), Fuster i la meua família (2023), and Les mans del Genovés (À Punt, 2023). In 2023, he directed the television program Tàp Zàping for À Punt Mèdia. In November 2024, he will premiere the documentary Sobreviure a l’incendi (Ambra Llibres) in cinemas, which will become the most-watched Valencian documentary of 2024.

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