Juan Ricardo Miguel Zulueta Vergarajauregui known as Ivan Zulueta was a designer and film director.
16 Facts About Ivan Zulueta
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Ivan Zulueta's work spanned different fields such as art designer in movies or music and he was mainly known for writing and directing the film Arrebato, and for designing the posters and promotion of Pedro Almodovar's first movies.
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Ivan Zulueta was born Juan Ricardo Miguel due to the Russian origin of that name, which was not allowed by anti-communist Franco's Spanish State, in San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain.
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Ivan Zulueta's family was wealthy: his father's family had had sugar factories in Cuba for generations.
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Ivan Zulueta's father was a lawyer; even though he combined his job with other activities, such as director of the San Sebastian Film Festival.
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Ivan Zulueta's mother was a painter, even though not professionally.
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Hence, Ivan was surrounded by the arts from an early age.
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Ivan Zulueta moved to Madrid in 1960 and enrolled in decoration courses.
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Ivan Zulueta discovered pop art, Nouvelle Vague, the New American Cinema and artists such as Jonas Mekas and John Cassavetes.
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Ivan Zulueta used it for experimenting mainly with tempo and editing.
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Ivan Zulueta used other underground formats like 16mm or 8mm.
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At same time, Ivan Zulueta started a prolific career as poster designer.
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Ivan Zulueta met Pedro Almodovar and helped him in his first underground short movies.
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Ivan Zulueta worked as assistant director for other directors such as Jaime Chavarri or Antonio Drove.
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Ivan Zulueta proposed to hit other non-underground segments of the public by directing a short movie and releasing it.
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Ivan Zulueta was labeled as a problematic auteur and Arrebato became a cult movie.