Laura Pedro is the first woman to win a Goya Award for Best Special Effects

Would you like to be in a school learning how to make the special effects for movies? Laura did it

Laura Pedro Albiol

• She was born in 1989 in Barcelona, Spain
• She studied film at the Superior School of Cinema and Audiovisual of Catalonia (ESCAC) and specialized in visual effects
• Her first job as a visual effects supervisor outside of school was the video presentation of the Gaudí Awards
• Barcelona nit d’estiu, was her first film as a visual effects supervisor
• Until the moment this page is posted, Laura works in the visual effects company El Ranchito, leading a team of more than 60 people. El Ranchito, has become an international reference and has collaborated in the Game of Thrones Serie

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Laura at the time of receiving the Goya Award:

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Marin Veronica (Febrero 28, 2019) Laura Pedro, ganadora de un Goya a los mejores efectos especiales: “Ojalá perdamos el miedo a denunciar los abusos en el cine y en todos los ámbitos de la sociedad”. Vogue. Retrieved on September 22, 2019 from: https://www.vogue.es/living/articulos/laura-pedro-primera-mujer-goya-efectos-especiales-entrevista/39285

Martinez Beatriz (Noviember 25, 2018) Laura Pedro, la catalana que hace volar a Superlópez. El Periódico. Retrieved on September 22, 2019 from: https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20181123/entrevista-laura-pedro-responsable-efectos-especiales-superlopez-7164751

Alonso Marita (October 15, 2017) Esta catalana es la responsable de que el dragón de ‘Juego de Tronos’ vuele. El Pais. Retrieved on September 22, 2019 from: https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/10/11/tentaciones/1507703707_169620.html