Álvaro Longoria

Álvaro Longoria (born 1968 in Santander, Cantabria, Spain) is a film director, executive producer, and actor.[1] He produces indie films for several distributors including Cinema Libre and Morena Films. He is perhaps best known for producing the film Everybody Knows directed by Asghar Farhadi and Che starring Benicio Del Toro and directed by Steven Soderbergh as well as Looking for Fidel directed by Oliver Stone. He won a Goya Award for Best Documentary Film for Hijos de las Nubes, a story about the decolonization of the Sahara region of western Africa, starring Javier Bardem. He received the Cinema for Peace International Green Film Award in 2020 for his film Sanctuary, and the Award for Justice in 2019.[2]

Álvaro Longoria in 2019

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2000One of the Hollywood TenExecutive producer
2001Fish PeopleProducer
2002Cuatro puntos cardinalesExecutive producer
2006El carnaval de SodomaCo-producer
2007La zonaProducer
2008Che: Part OneExecutive producer
Che: Part Two
2009Daniel and Ana
I Come with the Rain
2010Room in RomeProducer, Executive producer
2011The MonkExecutive producer
20127 días en La HabanaProducer
Asterix & Obelix: God Save BritainCo-producer
2013Scorpion in LoveProducer
2015Ma Ma
2016Altamira
2016Vernon WalksProducer
Short film
2018CampeonesProducer
Everybody Knows
2020Historias Lamentables
2021Poliamor para principiantesProducer, executive producer
Cuidado con lo que deseasProducer
Also concept developer
2022En Los MargenesProducer
2023ChampionsExecutive producer
Remake of his 2018 produced film "Campeones"
CampeonexProducer, executive producer

Documentary

YearTitleDirectorProducerWriterNotes
2012Hijos de las Nubes: La Última ColoniaYesYesYes
2015The Propaganda GameYesYesYes
2016EsperanzaYesYesNoShort film
2018Two CataloniasYesYesYesCo-directed with Gerardo Olivares
Ni distintos ni diferentes: CampeonesYesYesNoDocumentary about the disabled actors of his produced film Campeones
2019SantuarioYesYesYesAlso camera operator
2022Tequila, Sexo y Rock & RollYesYesYes
2023La vida de BrianeitorYesYesYes

Producer only

YearTitleRole
2001Portman, a la sombra de RobertoExecutive producer
ChavelaCo-producer
2002Cuatro Puntos CardinalesExecutive producer
2003Comandante
Caballé, más allá de la músicaProducer
2005IberiaProducer
2009Últimos testigos
2017El Maestro de Altamira
2018El Guardián de la Cueva
Renzo Piano, an Architect for Santander
Altamira, el origen del arte

Making-offs

YearTitleDirectorCamera operator
2010Room in RomeYesNo
2013Scorpion in LoveYesNo
2021Poliamor para principiantesYesYes
Cuidado con lo que deseasYesYes

Television

YearTitleCreatorExecutive ProducerNotes
2000Queen of SwordsNoYesTV series
2003-2004America UndercoverNoYesTV documentary series
2020Diarios de la CuarentenaYesYesTV Miniseries
Relatos Con-fin-a-dosYesYesTV Anthology series

References