Jorge de Juan
Jorge de Juan García, born 6 June 1961, is a Spanish actor, producer and director in film and theatre, known as Jorge de Juan. In 2016 he founded the Spanish Theatre Company (STC) in London, the first charity in British theatre dedicated to Spanish and Latin-American plays, based at the Cervantes Theatre, which he helped create.
He grew up in Cartagena in an artistic family and decided to become an actor at 17. He studied at Madrid’s Royal School of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1981. He made his stage debut in 1979 in Five Hours with Mario, and later appeared in Macbeth at Teatro Español de Madrid. In 1981 he moved to London to study directing and production and returned to Madrid to act in Bicycles Are for the Summer and Oedipus Rex in 1982.
Since then he has worked as an actor, producer and director in theatre and film. On stage he produced and acted in Kiss of the Spider Woman; The Woman in Black was a big success with over 400 performances, and a second run in 2007. In 2009 he produced, co-directed and starred in The 39 Steps, and he also staged Hay que Deshacer la Casa in 2012 and a later second run of The 39 Steps.
His film and TV work includes Open Your Eyes and Bala Perdida, which won Best Feature Film and Best Soundtrack at the Valencia festival, among others. He has also produced Imaginario and other projects. He directed El Palenque for Seville Expo 92, coordinating a 10,000 square metre space and over a thousand performances, and later founded El Palenque Productions SL in Valencia to develop film and theatre projects.
He has served on industry boards and committees, and is a member of the Spanish Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences. He lives in London, where he continues to lead the Spanish Theatre Company and work with other theatre groups. His STC projects in London include productions of The House of Bernarda Alba, Blood Wedding and The Judge of the Divorces, as well as dramaturgy for She Said for the English National Ballet.
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