Julen Guerrero Calvo Explained

Julen Guerrero
Birth Name:Julen Guerrero Calvo
Birth Date:27 March 1996
Birth Place:Castro Urdiales, Spain
Citizenship:Spain
Education:Ánima Eskola School of Drama
Higher School of Dramatic Art of Castilla y León (ESADCyL)
Occupation:actor, stage director, dramaturgue
Years Active:2008-present
Awards:Buero Vallejo Award (2015)

Julen Guerrero Calvo (born in Castro Urdiales on 27 March 1996) is a Spanish film, theater and television actor and stage director.[1]

Life and career

He was born in Castro Urdiales in 1996. From a young age he was attached to the theater, participating in different plays.

He studied and trained in theater and drama in Ánima Eskola School of Drama with David Valdelvira, Sandra Tejero and Marina Shimanskaya, training as a method actor, under the Stanislavsky-Vakhtangov-M.Chekhov-Meyerhold methodology (Russian method), following the methodologies of the Russian classical school. There he coincided with the also actresses Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta, together with whom he was trained. Later, he graduated in theater at the Higher School of Dramatic Art of Castilla y León of Castile and Leon (in Valladolid), specializing in stage direction and dramaturgy. Afterwards, he studied a master's degree in contemporary thought and scenic creation also at the Higher School of Dramatic Art of Castilla y León.

In 2013 he performed the play The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky, a production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira, together with Ane Inés Landeta, among other cast members.

In 2014 he performed the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, playing the role of Theseus, a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira,[2] [3] and with Estela Celdrán as an assistant director, together with Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta, among other cast members.[4] The theatrical production was very well received by the public, and was staged several times between 2014 and 2015.[5] The stage production was awarded the Buero Vallejo Award (2015), in the XII edition of the awards.[6] [7] [8] [9]

In 2017 he participated in the play Fuegos (Fires), written by Lola Blasco. The play won the "Best Show" award at the Valladolid International Festival. In 2019, he directed the play Yo, eromeno, a play about two men who maintain a relationship, with the collaboration of playwright and stage director José Manuel Mora Ortiz.[10] The work won the second prize at the Youth Art Contest of the Youth Institute of Castile and Leon.[11]

In 2019 he participated in the work The Seagull (by Chekhov). The performance was selected to be performed in Saint Petersburg (Russia), in an international theater festival, in which several plays from different countries are selected to be performed for two weeks at the festival.[12]

During the years 2019 and 2020 he was selected as an assistant director in two large theatrical productions. The first, Yerma (by Lorca), directed by Pepa Gamboa and starring María León.[13] The second, In the words of Jo... Little Women, based on the novel Little Women.

Guerrero is a co-founder and member of the theater company Atrote Teatro (created in 2017),[14] [15] [16] with which he has staged works such as A slight discomfort (2018), I, eromen (2019) or The loaves and the fishes (2022).[17] In 2022 the company was selected within the residency framework of the "MeetYou" Festival in Valladolid.

In 2022 he staged the play The loaves and the fishes (Los panes y los peces), co-directed by Guerrero and Popy Vegas, at the "MeetYou" Festival in Valladolid.[18] [19] The staging was very well received and was taken to other theaters in Spain.[20] [21]

Filmography

Television

Stage

Notes!Ref.
2022The loaves and the fishes (Los panes y los peces)Popy Vegas and Julen Guerrero CalvoAbelWithin the "MeetYou" Festival in Valladolid
2021Mother's Love (Amor de Madre)Julen Guerrero Calvo
2021In loop (En Bucle)Nina RegleroAward for Best Theater Show at the Ciudad Rodrigo Theater Fair[22]
2019-2020In the words of Jo... Little WomenPepa Gamboa / Julen Guerrero Calvo (asist.)
2019-2020YermaPepa Gamboa / Julen Guerrero Calvo (asist.)Starring María León
2019Yo, erómeno (I, eromen)Julen Guerrero Calvo[23] [24] [25]
2018-2019The SeagullOn tour to Saint Petersburg (Russia)
2018A slight discomfort (Un ligero malestar)Julen Guerrero Calvo
2018ÁgoraNina Reglero
2017Fuegos (Fires)Nina Reglero
2014A Midsummer Night's DreamDavid ValdelviraTheseusStage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre. Buero Vallejo Award (2015).
2013The Lower DepthsDavid ValdelviraSatineStage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre
2013Gypsy BalladsSandra TejeroStage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre

Awards and nominations

!Year!Category!For work!Result
2015Best theatrical/stage productionA Midsummer Night's Dream

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-10-20 . Julen Guerrero: "I never give up my land, I am fighting for my first work to have a tour and reach Cantabria" . 2022-12-11 . El Diario Montañes . es.
  2. Web site: El Correo (newspaper) . 2014-06-21 . 2014-06-21 . . Today. Cultural Agenda. . 91.
  3. News: 2014-06-21 . Today. Cultural Agenda. . 91 . .
  4. Web site: 2023-12-29 . Nerea Elizalderen Kultur gomendioak . 2024-06-07 . Diario de Noticias de Navarra . es.
  5. Web site: Ánima Eskola School of Drama . Ánima Eskola School of Drama . 2015-01-14 . Ánima Theatre-Sala Ánima. 2014-2015 Season Programming. "A Midsummer Night's" directed by David Valdelvira. . 2023-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171028143202/http://www.animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias/185-noche-verano. 2017-10-28.
  6. Web site: "Buero" Theater Award (2015). . 2022-12-11 . 2022-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220219170619/http://estaticos.cocacola.es/bases/fundacion/Fallo-Jurado-Norte-Buero12.pdf . dead .
  7. Web site: Coca-Cola Foundation. National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM). . 2015 . XII Buero Vallejo Awards. 2015. Coca-Cola Foundation. National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM). .
  8. Web site: Ánima Eskola School of Drama . Ánima Eskola School of Drama . 2015-06-18 . Ánima Eskola School of Drama. 2015 News. Buero Vallejo Awards 2015. . 2023-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150810191351/http://animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias/191-premio-sueno . 2015-08-10 .
  9. Web site: Ánima Eskola School of Drama . Ánima Eskola School of Drama . 2015-08-10 . Ánima Eskola School of Drama. 2015 News. . 2023-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150810205400/http://animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias . 2015-08-10 .
  10. Web site: Valladolid . Diario de . Alumnos de la Esadcyl presentan 'Yo, Erómeno' en el Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes . 2022-12-11 . Diario de Valladolid . es.
  11. Web site: 2020-11-17 . 'Yo, erómeno' obtiene el accésit en el Certamen de Arte Joven del Instituto de Juventud de Castilla y León . 2022-12-11 . El Diario Montañes . es.
  12. Web site: Radio . Castro Punto . 2019-10-10 . EL CASTREÑO JULEN GUERRERO SERÁ AYUDANTE DE DIRECCIÓN EN LA OBRA 'YERMA' QUE PROTAGONIZA MARÍA LEÓN • Castro Punto Radio . 2022-12-11 . Castro Punto Radio . es.
  13. Web site: Sevilla . Diario de . 2021-11-08 . María León protagoniza la adaptación de 'Yerma' en el teatro de Utrera . 2022-12-11 . Diario de Sevilla . es-ES.
  14. Web site: Atrote Teatro – Compañía de teatro . 2023-10-15 . es.
  15. Web site: ATROTE TEATRO . 2023-10-15 . Redescena.
  16. Not to be confused with the amateur company Atrote Teatro de Elche, created in 1991.
  17. Web site: La Compañía Atrote Teatro gana el accésit del Certamen de Arte Joven del Instituto de la Juventud de Castilla y León .
  18. Web site: Valladolid . Diario de . 2022-03-24 . 'MeetYou' explora identidades, aborda miedos y reclama raíces en cinco montajes . 2023-10-15 . Diario de Valladolid . es.
  19. Web site: 2022-08-20 . 'Hijos' de la Feria de Ciudad Rodrigo . 2023-10-15 . Diario ABC . es.
  20. Web site: Radio . Castro Punto . 2022-08-25 . EL ESPECTÁCULO "LOS PANES Y LOS PECES" DEL CASTREÑO JULEN GUERRERO, SELECCIONADO EN LA 25ª FERIA DEL TEATRO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN • Castro Punto Radio . 2023-10-15 . Castro Punto Radio . es.
  21. Web site: 2023-06-20 . Presentado el programa de la Semana Grande de fiestas de Castro Urdiales - Onda Cero Castro Urdiales . 2023-10-15 . es.
  22. Web site: EN BUCLE . 2023-10-15 . www.rayuela.nu.
  23. Web site: Correo . El . 2021-07-18 . "Yo, Erómeno" . 2022-12-11 . agenda.elcorreo.com . es-ES.
  24. Web site: Yo, Erómeno . 2022-12-11 . Teatro Madrid . es.
  25. Web site: Yo, erómeno . 2022-12-11 . Redescena.