Who's who at the MBS

Andrés Vicente Gómez
President

Without doubt Spain’s most active and successful producer, Andrés Vicente Gómez has worked with virtually every Spanish director of renown over the last 20 years, including Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, Bigas Luna, Vicente Aranda, Gonzalo Suárez, Pilar Miró, Alex de la Iglesia, and Oscar winner Fernando Trueba.

In 1967 Gómez set up his own production company, and has produced almost 100 titles since then. Prizes won at Venice, Berlin, Montreal and San Sebastián and the Oscar which Gómez won for Fernando Trueba’s Belle Epoque, has sealed his international status. Gómez was further honoured in 1998 by the Cannes Film Festival as one of the world’s most important film industry professionals.

Gómez is the man behind the success of production companies Iberoamericana Films Producciones, Rocabruno and Lolafilms. Working most prolifically under Lolafilms, the company has its own in-house distribution arm, Lolafilms Distribución, which is responsible for acquired as well as their own-produced films.

In addition to his extensive production activities, Andrés Vicente Gómez is President of the Media Business School, one of the European Union’s centres of excellence in training and development under the MEDIA Plus Programme, as well as being a founding member of the distinguished Paris-based think tank Le Club des Producteurs Européens. He is a board member of the European Film Academy and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. On May 19th, 2003, he was appointed President of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

Isabel Calle
Managing Director

Isabel graduated in Economics and Management at the Complutense University in Madrid, before going on to obtain a Degree in Administrative Management from the Official School of Administrative Managers. She continued her business studies, acquiring a Master’s Degree in Auditing from the National University, as well as a Master’s Degree in Auditing Practices from the Registry of Economic Auditors, before becoming a Certified Auditor with the ROAC (Official Registry of Auditors in Spain). Isabel began her professional career at auditing and consultancy firm Valle Hermanos, S.A", as an Auditing Manager, where her main responsibilities included managing the auditing of several private and public institutions such as universities, hospitals (in collaboration with the General Intervention of the Spain’s Social Security), foundations, etc. She also worked as an independent consultant with Royal Gardens, S.L.

Isabel has been working at the Media Business School as Managing Director since 2000.

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Nadine Luque
Activities Director

Nadine’s 20 year career in the film business covers international sales; feature film development; training (Media Business School (from 1992-1995) and as co-founder and managing director of Arista Story Editor Workshops (1995-1997); and production, as head of development and production at Andres Vicente Gomez’s Lolafilms UK, the English language production division of Spain’s leading independent production company.

As Vice President of Development and Production she oversaw development, finance and production of a slate of films including John Malkovich’s critically acclaimed ´The Dancer Upstairs´ starring Javier Bardem and Laura Morante; Susan Seidelman’s ´Gaudi Afternoon´ with Judy Davis, Marcia Gay-Harden and Juliette Lewis; Manolo Gomez Pereira’s ´The Three Tenors´ with George Hamilton, Joe Mantegna and Danny Aiello; Fernando Trueba’s ´Shanghai Spell´ and ´Rain´, directed by Katherine Lindberg and executive produced by Martin Scorsese.

Between 2002 and 2010 Nadine produced and co-produced Gabrielle Muccino´s ´Ricordati di Me´ with Monica Bellucci and Laura Morante; Francois Girard´s ´Silk´; ´A Throw of the Dice´ re-mastered with Nitin Sawhney and the London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Radford´s ´La Mula´; orchestrated the publication of Sudoku in Italy with Fandango Libri and created VOD channel Zini, for the distribution of independent films.

Nadine has served as a member of the jury of the Berlin based Nipkow Programme for 19 years, a programme dedicated to the support of European professionals working in filmed entertainment through grants, placements and training in Germany, and is a member of the European Film Academy.

In April 2011 Nadine was appointed Activities Director of the Media Business School.

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Laura Almellones
Director of Access

Laura Almellones was born in Ronda, Spain, in 1978, where she lived and studied till she was seventeen years old. Then she moved to Hastings (England) and studied at Hasting International College. Once back in Spain, she set up in Madrid and got a degree in Translation and Interpretation (Spanish – English – French) from Universidad Europea de Madrid UEM-CEES. During those years in Madrid and while she was studying at the university, she worked in many international congresses and conferences at IFEMA and Palacio de Congresos del Campo de las Naciones de Madrid and, later on, as translator at Clinter Traducciones and Cinematext Media, Telecinco’s subtitling company, as subtitle translator.

In 2006, she starts working in the co-ordination team of the Media Business School, where she is working till the present. She has been involved in training activities such as Marketing & Distribution, Film Business School, Mediterranean Film Business School, the Multi Platform Business School and Film Business School – Latin America

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