Born in Sorzano (Logroño), in 1938. Law degree from the University of Zaragoza. He belongs to the Senior Civil State, opposition, since 1964.
He has dedicated more than fifty years to film activities, of which more than twenty, have focused on advocacy and international relations.
In 1964 he began his collaboration with the Valladolid Film Festival (Seminci), of which he was director for the editions of 1974, 1975 and 1978.
In 1978 he was appointed Deputy Director General of the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts of the Ministry of Culture, a post he held until 2000.
During these years he also carried out the coordination of the presence of Spanish cinema abroad through organizing film weeks and samples and participation in major international festivals and markets.
In 1998 he was awarded the "Golden Camera" at the Berlin Festival, the only Spaniard to have received this distinction, awarded to, among others, directors such as Steven Spielberg and actresses like Jean Moreau and Meryl Streep.
Since 2001 he has collaborated with the Malaga Film Festival as Director since its twelfth edition in 2009 to the 2012 edition. Currently he is an advisor to the festival and direción board member.
Parallel to this Festival, in 2001, he created Malaga markets Screenings, Feature Film Market and Latin American Spanish, and Mercadoc Documentary Market and Latin American Spanish.
Also in 2004, he created TVMarket, Market Spanish fiction and animation for TV. He was Juror at numerous awards and national and international festivals.