Biography

Raúl Riebenbauer (Valencia, Spain, 1969) is a documentary filmmaker, journalist and writer. One of his most noteworthy projects is the investigation that he carried out over a period of almost ten years into the case of one of last two people to be executed by 'garrote vil' during Franco's dictatorship. The result was the non-fiction book 'El silencio de Georg' (Georg's Silence). He also investigated Robert Capa's famous photograph 'Falling Soldier' and narrated this research in the documentary feature 'La sombra del iceberg' (The Shadow of the Iceberg), awarded at some festivals. During recent years he has lived in Lima (Peru), where he has given workshops about documentary and investigative journalism. Since 2017 has focused in directing documentaries. Filmography: 'La sombra del iceberg' (The Shadow of the Iceberg), 2007, documentary feature, 74 min; 'El tropiezo' (The Stumble), 2017, documentary short film, 11 min; 'Ahir/demà' (Yesterday/tomorrow), 2018, medium length documentary, 44 min; 'La respuesta' (The Answer), 2019, documentary short film, 24 min; 'Yo fui Anderssen' (I was Anderssen), 2019, documentary short film, 14 min; 'Vencejos' (Swifts), 2020, short film, 6 min.
- IMDb mini biography by: El Señor Bauer