Biography

Lucas Figueroa is a director, writer, and producer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with dual Spanish nationality.

Lucas holds the Guinness World Records Award for the most awarded short film in the world Porque hay cosas que nunca se olvidan (2008).

Throughout his career, he has received more than 500 international awards.

In his early stages, he worked in the area of post production, editing, and music, while combining his studies of Image and Sound Design at the UBA (Universidad de Buenos Aires).

Lucas has filmed in more than 40 countries and directed international film projects of different budget ranges.

Lucas is known for his technical and conceptual innovation in the audiovisual industry and a careful technical execution and versatility in genres.

In 1999 he wrote "Marrow", a feature film that tells the story of a man when a cryptocurrency (10 years before the emergence of bitcoin), based on the cypherpunk movement of the 90s.

He shot Prólogo (2013), which tells the story of what was called "The Miracle of World" or what for many is the birth of the first "token" in 1932.

Viral (2013), his first feature film is considered a cult film that is presented as a business case in universities and film schools for being the first European "branded content" film when this concept of financing did not exist. Despido procedente (2017), his second feature film, was available in over 190 countries through Netflix.

Renaceres (2020), a feature film shot in 8K is considered a document of historical memory of Spain, shot at 8K resolution, in the middle of the pandemic.

Lucas is the founder of Mr. Monkey, a film production company that has worked for Amazon, Apple+, Netflix, Disney, Viacom, AMC, NBC Universal, Paramount, Sony, Movistar, National Geographic, History Channel, Discovery, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Fox, MTV, Samsung, General Motors, BP, among others.

Lucas is also the Creative Director of New Frequency, a company specialized in transcendent content focused on documentaries. Osel (2022), the successful documentary series about "the Spanish lama child" broadcasted in HBO Max is part of New Frequency production catalog.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mr. Monkey