Mar Targarona
- Producer
- Director
- Actress
Mar Targarona (Barcelona March 30, 1953). She studied drama at the
Theatre Institute of Barcelona and later in the National Theater of
Strasbourg.
In 1976 he joined the company Dagoll Dagom. Mar worked with the company
in the works "Will not talk in class" and the hit "Antaviana". In 1985
he left his career as an actoress and began her career in the
advertising world working as a casting director and assistant director
production until eventually become director.
In 1990 he founded together with her husband producer Joaquin Padro
Rodar y Rodar. In the beginning Rodar y Rodar was engaged in commercial
production. It is the only producer in Spain so far in taking the
Golden Lion at the Cannes Advertising Festival, the most prestigious
award in the industry. In 1994 Joaquin and Mar founded the Taller de
Guionistas, a school for learning script writing. Today it is a
recognized master of the University of Barcelona. In 1995, directs and
co-writes with Montse Abbad, the comedy "Die my life." Firm in 2001 as
a producer on the film "Vivancos III". Later Rodar y Rodar and try your
luck in the world of television with his first TV-movie for TV3
"Majoria Absoluta", written and directed by Joaquim Oristrell. In 2004
Mar opera debut as prime producer of Guillem Morales "The Uninvited
Guest". In 2005 hits theaters romantic comedy written and directed by
Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes and starring Carmen Maura. In that
same year he premiered in TVE television series with Rosa Maria Sarda,
"Grandma Summer". 2007 premiered the largest project of Rodar y Rodar
so far, "The Orphanage". The first film by director Juan Antonio Bayona
and screenwriter Sergio G. Sanchez. A costly project dared to lift but
managed to attract more than 4,300,000 spectators. A year later Mar and
Joaquin lead to the big screen debut of writer Albert Espinosa, "Do not
ask me to kiss you, because I'll kiss" starring Eloy Azorin. In 2008 he
produced the TV-movie "The player's hands" directed by Sergio G.
Sanchez, writer of "The Orphanage". In 2009 Mar again positioned behind
the camera and directed the mini-series for TV3 (Catalunya Television)
and TVE (Spanish Television) "Ull per ull" ("Eye for an Eye") a love
story in violent anarchist Barcelona 1920s. In October 2010 the second
film premiere Guillem Morales' Julia's Eyes "again starring Belén
Rueda. Spanish was the second highest grossing film of that year. The
following draft Rodar y Rodar was the slasher movie shot in 3D starring
Amaia Salamanca Luis Fernandez, Ursula Maxi Iglesias and Corberó.
Following Roll mechanics, also a new director: Sergi Vizcaino. In
December 2012 premiered "The Body," the first film starring Oriol Paulo
Jose Coronado, Hugo Silva and Belen Rueda. Currently Mar is working on
Rodar y Rodar's new project, the comedy "Who killed Bambi?".
Theatre Institute of Barcelona and later in the National Theater of
Strasbourg.
In 1976 he joined the company Dagoll Dagom. Mar worked with the company
in the works "Will not talk in class" and the hit "Antaviana". In 1985
he left his career as an actoress and began her career in the
advertising world working as a casting director and assistant director
production until eventually become director.
In 1990 he founded together with her husband producer Joaquin Padro
Rodar y Rodar. In the beginning Rodar y Rodar was engaged in commercial
production. It is the only producer in Spain so far in taking the
Golden Lion at the Cannes Advertising Festival, the most prestigious
award in the industry. In 1994 Joaquin and Mar founded the Taller de
Guionistas, a school for learning script writing. Today it is a
recognized master of the University of Barcelona. In 1995, directs and
co-writes with Montse Abbad, the comedy "Die my life." Firm in 2001 as
a producer on the film "Vivancos III". Later Rodar y Rodar and try your
luck in the world of television with his first TV-movie for TV3
"Majoria Absoluta", written and directed by Joaquim Oristrell. In 2004
Mar opera debut as prime producer of Guillem Morales "The Uninvited
Guest". In 2005 hits theaters romantic comedy written and directed by
Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes and starring Carmen Maura. In that
same year he premiered in TVE television series with Rosa Maria Sarda,
"Grandma Summer". 2007 premiered the largest project of Rodar y Rodar
so far, "The Orphanage". The first film by director Juan Antonio Bayona
and screenwriter Sergio G. Sanchez. A costly project dared to lift but
managed to attract more than 4,300,000 spectators. A year later Mar and
Joaquin lead to the big screen debut of writer Albert Espinosa, "Do not
ask me to kiss you, because I'll kiss" starring Eloy Azorin. In 2008 he
produced the TV-movie "The player's hands" directed by Sergio G.
Sanchez, writer of "The Orphanage". In 2009 Mar again positioned behind
the camera and directed the mini-series for TV3 (Catalunya Television)
and TVE (Spanish Television) "Ull per ull" ("Eye for an Eye") a love
story in violent anarchist Barcelona 1920s. In October 2010 the second
film premiere Guillem Morales' Julia's Eyes "again starring Belén
Rueda. Spanish was the second highest grossing film of that year. The
following draft Rodar y Rodar was the slasher movie shot in 3D starring
Amaia Salamanca Luis Fernandez, Ursula Maxi Iglesias and Corberó.
Following Roll mechanics, also a new director: Sergi Vizcaino. In
December 2012 premiered "The Body," the first film starring Oriol Paulo
Jose Coronado, Hugo Silva and Belen Rueda. Currently Mar is working on
Rodar y Rodar's new project, the comedy "Who killed Bambi?".