Dir. Jonathan Bellés (Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director/ 日本語)HP / instagram / Facebook Born in Castellón de la Plana, Spain, in 1988,he holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and is a Ph.D. in Japanese Sci-Fi Films and Kaijû Eiga at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He also accomplished two master’s degrees: one in artistic production at the same university and another one in film production at the Masterschool Documentary Campus.Over the last 10 years, Bellés has developed his filmmaking skills through his work on several productions, from short films such as L’ennèagramme (2011) and Ateneo (2016) to documentaries like René Magritte: drôle de bonhomme (2010) and The Dawn of Kaijû Eiga (2019), a documentary about the origins of the monster Godzilla.He has produced videos for many clients, travelling to countries like France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Japan.Nowadays, he is based in Madrid and works as a Producer and Filmmaker for a creative agency. Through his work he creates audiovisual content for companies such as Kellogg’s, John Deere, Alain Afflelou, The Coca-Cola Company, among others.1988年、スペイン・カステリョン・デ・ラ・プラナ生まれ。バレンシア工科大学で美術学士号を取得後、同大学で日本のSF映画および怪獣映画をテーマに博士号を取得。さらに、同大学にてアート・プロダクションの修士号を、Masterschool Documentary Campusにて映画制作の修士号を修める。過去10年間にわたり、短編映画『L’ennéagramme』（2011）、『Ateneo』（2016）をはじめ、ドキュメンタリー作品『René Magritte: drôle de bonhomme』（2010）、『The Dawn of Kaijû Eiga』（2019／ゴジラ誕生の背景を探るドキュメンタリー）など、多様な映像作品を手がけてきた。また、フランス、ベルギー、ドイツ、スイス、日本など各国を訪れ、多くのクライアント向け映像制作にも携わる。現在はマドリードを拠点に、クリエイティブ・エージェンシーのプロデューサー兼フィルムメーカーとして活動。ケロッグ、ジョン・ディア、アラン・アフェルロウ、コカ・コーラ・カンパニーなど、国際的ブランドの映像コンテンツ制作を手がけている。
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