VIOLETA SALAMA

Violeta Salama holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Master’s degree in creative documentary from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona.
She moved to Vancouver in 2007 to pursue a post-graduate degree in film production at the Vancouver Film School. There she began working in second production units, such as The L Word and Smallville. In 2009, she returned to Madrid to work on television series Crematorioand Amar en Tiempos Revueltos.
Violeta transitioned to cinema with Antonio Chavarrías to make Dictado as an assistant director, followed by Blancanieves by Pablo Berger and El Sexo de los Angeles by Xabier Villaverde. In 2013 Jaime Rosales included some scenes directed by her in his film Beautiful Youth. She has collaborated as script supervisor with directors such as Manolo Martin Cuenca and Mateo Gil. Alegría is her debut film as a director.