Pedro Martín-Calero

Pedro Martín-Calero is a Spanish writer and director who studied photography at ECAM in Madrid before moving into directing. His early music video Blanc for the band Territoire opened doors to production companies Blink and CANADA, and he went on to direct The Weeknd's Secrets. In the UK he made the shorts Julius Caesar for the British Council and You Are Awake for Channel 4, the latter earning a Young Director Award nomination at Cannes in 2017. His first feature, El llanto, cowritten with Isabel Peña, won him the Silver Shell for best director, shared ex aequo, at San Sebastián in 2024.