Juanma Bajo Ulloa was born in
Vitoria-Gasteiz,
Álava, on 1 January 1967. His parents
mortgaged their house to fund Bajo Ulloa's film beginnings. His first feature film
Alas de Mariposa (1991) earned the
Golden Shell at the San Sebastián Film Festival. With the money earned with that movie he produced his second one,
La Madre Muerta, which is a good example of his
baroque style, combining a perfect technique with the atmosphere of an almost sinister fairy tale. His third movie,
Airbag (1997), was a huge box office success, becoming the highest-grossing film in the history of Spanish cinema (the record was beaten however a year later by
Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley). Since 1994 he has directed and produced
music videos for
Joaquín Sabina,
Los Enemigos, and
Barricada, and others. == Filmography ==