Eugenio Mira (born 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker and composer. He has been credited as composer in some films under the pseudonym Chucky Namanera.[1]
He was born in Castalla, Alicante. After finishing his studies in high school and as a piano player he moved to Madrid to attend Septima Ars Madrid film school, working in the Spanish film industry as a first assistant director, in the art department and the advertising world. His debut short film, Fade (2000),[2] called the attention of Guillermo del Toro, who supported his career from the very beginning, introducing him to his agent, Robert Newman (WME).
Mira's first feature-length film, The Birthday (2004), became a cult movie[3] after winning several awards[4] at the first edition of Fantastic Fest (Austin, TX), where he also held the world premieres of his 2010 Gothic tale[5] Agnosia and the 2013 film Grand Piano, starring Elijah Wood and John Cusack (released in the US by Magnet/Magnolia Pictures).
Besides his work as director, screenwriter and composer, Mira has also worked occasionally at a variety of other jobs, from second unit director on The Impossible (Juan Antonio Bayona, 2012) to actor, incarnating[6] a younger Robert De Niro in Red Lights (Rodrigo Cortés, 2011).
His soundtrack for Nacho Vigalondo’s Timecrimes (2007) was released by Mondo[7] on a special limited edition[8] vinyl.
Mira is currently developing several film projects and is about to release the first album from his new musical project Pagana[9] (stylized as P ^ G ^ N ^) . This album will be the first release from Mira's own film and record label Paramirama.
He was hired to direct the 6-episode television series ¡García!, which began production in 2021 and was broadcast on HBO Max in 2022.[10]