Pablo Berger was born in 1963 in Bilbao. He attended primary and secondary school on the outskirts of Bilbao and directed his first short film, Mamà, in 1988 with the artistic direction of Alex de la Iglesia and Ramon Barea. With the financial winnings from a grant he studied at the New York Film Academy. He became a music producer and in 2003 directed his first feature film Torremolinos 73. After 9 years his next film came out, Blancanieves which won ten Goya Awards and was nominated as the Spanish representative of the Academy Awards .
