José Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña created IMPALA in the 1960s, a company which has produced over one hundred films directed by several of Spain's top directors. At present it owns sixty five negatives, several of them considered classics.
He is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a senior editor of campus humor magazine The Yale Record.Yale Banner. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1957. p. 205.
He was President of Warner Española, a company which was in partnership with Warner Bros. and during thirty years distributed all WB products in Spain. Was also President of Warner Home Video in Spain during ten years.
As Vice President of Incine, he was also involved in the distribution of 20th Century Fox films between 1970 and 1988. At different times during those last decades also distributed Columbia Pictures, Disney and PolyGram while this company remained active.
He was on the Board of Cinesa, Spain's leading theatrical chain, as well as on the Board of Warner-Lusomundo Theaters.
He created CINEPAQ together with Canal+ France. In 1992 CINEPAQ merged with IDEA, a company belonging to the PRISA GROUP, and formed SOGEPAQ. He was President of SOGEPAQ, a company which financed most of Spain's top box office films during the last twenty years as well as creating the largest modern catalogue of Spanish feature films.
From 1997 to 2000 he was a member of the Board of the European Film Academy.
In 2000 he became President of PLURAL, a new PRISA audiovisual production company.
Together with Luis García Berlanga and Alfredo Matas, conceived and promoted.
Ciudad de la Luz Studios in Alicante, one of Europe's most modern Studios .35 films have been shot in CDLL since it began operating in 2005.
In 2006 decided to revive Impala's activities while remaining as a consultant to PLURAL. Besides films IMPALA is now involved in developing TV series and programs – at present it is developing a Mexican co production with TVE – and theatrical plays together with SABRE, a company with a long record of successes in the theater.
In 2007 he was awarded EGEDA's Gold Medal.http://www.egeda.es/documentos/JASAINZVICUÑA_.pdf Egeda
In 2010 he started the creation of a new branch of IMPALA, IMPALA Digital, producing content for the Internet including Social media.
As a producer, distributor and initiator of several audiovisual ventures, Jose Vicuña's main objective during his career has always been to promote Spanish creative talent both inside and outside Spain.
Filmography YearTitleDirector(s)2008 8 citas Peris Romano y Rodrigo Sorogoyen2007 Goal II, viviendo el sueño Jaume Collet Serra2005 Los dos lados de la cama Emilio Martínez Lázaro2003 Dos tipos duros Juan Martínez Moreno2002 El otro lado de la cama Emilio Martínez Lázaro2001 Algunas chicas doblan las piernas cuando hablan Ana Díez2001 Hacerse el sueco Daniel Díaz Torres2000 Gitano Manuel Palacios1997 99.9 Agustí Villaronga1993 Amor y deditos del pie Luis Felipe Rocha1992 El laberinto griego Rafael Alcázar1992 Sevilla connection José Ramón Larraz1991 Ni se te ocurra Luis María Delgado 1991 Nunca estuve en Viena Antonio Larreta1991 El invierno en Lisboa Jose A. Zorrilla1990 Aquí huele a muerto Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia1990 Dancing Machine Gilles Behat1990 Álbum de familia Luis Galvao1987 Policía Álvaro Saenz de Heredia1985 Yo, el vaquilla Jose Antonio de la Loma1985 Flesh and blood Paul Verhoeven1985 La rapsodia de los cuatreros Hugh Wilson1984 Café, coca y puro Antonio del Real1984 Violines y trompetas Rafael Romero Marchent1984 Las fantasías de Cuny Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent1984 Camila María Luisa Bemberg1984 Las bicicletas son para el verano Jaime Chávarri1982 La Biblia en pasta Manuel Summers1982 Freddy el croupier Álvaro Saenz de Heredia1982 Cecilia Humberto Solás1982 El cabezota Francisco Lara Polop1982 Pares y nones José Luis Cuerda1981 Asesinato en el Comité Central Vicente Aranda1981 El crack José Luis Garci1980 La mano negra Fernando Colomo1980 El divorcio que viene Pedro Masó1980 Ángeles gordos Manuel Summers1980 Sentados al borde de la mañana con los pies colgando Antonio J. Betacor1980 127 millones libres de impuestos Pedro Masó1979 La miel Pedro Masó1979 La familia bien, gracias José Luis López Vázquez1978 Hierba salvaje Luis Mª Delgado1978 Los restos del naufragio Ricardo Franco1977 Tengamos la guerra en paz Eugenio Martín1977 La escopeta nacional Luis García Berlanga1977 Pepito piscinas Luis Mª Delgado1977 Nunca es tarde Jaime de Armiñán1977 Niñas… al salón Vicente Escrivá1977 Ensalada Baudelaire Leopoldo Tusquets1977 Los días del pasado Mario Camus1977 La coquito Pedro Masó1977 Cacique Bandeira Héctor Olivera1976 Cambio de sexo Vicente Aranda1976 La espada negra Francisco Rovira Beleta1976 Señoritas de uniforme Luis Mª Delgado1976 La menor Pedro Masó1976 La lozana andaluza Vicente Escrivá1976 El bengador justiciero y su pastelera madre Forges1976 Call girl (vida privada de la Srta. Julia) Eugenio Martín1975 Jo, papá Jaime de Armiñán1975 Las adolescentes Pedro Masó1975 Zorrita Martínez José Luis López Vázquez1975 La joven casada Mario Camus1975 País, S.A. Forges1975 Clara es el precio Vicente Aranda1974 Yo la vi primero Fernando Fernán Gómez1974 Un hombre como los demás Pedro Masó1974 El comisario G Fernando Merino1974 Open season (los cazadores) Peter Collinson1973 Pisito de solteras Fernando Merino1973 El amor del capitán Brando Jaime de Armiñán1973 Mi profesora particular Jaime Camino1973 Un trabajo tranquilo Pasquale Festa Campanile1973 Los pájaros de Baden Baden Mario Camus1972 Experiencia Prematrimonial Pedro Masó1969 La Lola dicen que no vive sola Jaime de Armiñán1969 Urtain, el rey de la selva o así Manuel Summers1968 ¿Por qué te engaña tu marido? Manuel Summers1967 Una señora estupenda Eugenio Martín1966 Con el viento solano Mario Camus1965 Joaquín Murrieta George Sherman1964 El extraño viaje Fernando Fernán Gómez1964 La niña de luto Manuel Summers1963 Del rosa al amarillo Manuel Summers
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