TONI NOVELLA
Producer
Toni Novella is a graduate in Media & Communication Science – specialising in Image and Sound, from Madrid’s Universidad Complutense. During his time as a student he began his career in film production as apprentice production manager on films such as Bazar Viena (1989) by Amalio Cuevas. On finishing his studies he worked as production assistant on Pedro Almodóvar’s High Heels (1991) and Eduardo Campoy’s Demasiado Corazón (1991).
From 1992 he worked as production assistant on a long list of films including Acción Mutante (“Mutant Action”, 1992) by Alex de la Iglesia, Luis García Berlanga’s Todos a la Cárcel (“Everyone Off to Jail”, 1993), Kika (1993) by Pedro Almodóvar, Arruinados and Sálvate si Puedes (1994) by Joaquín Trincado, Almodóvar’s The Flower of My Secret (1995) Live Flesh (1997) and All About My Mother (1998), Cha, Cha, Cha (1997) by Antonio del Real and Manuel Gómez Pereira’s Entre las Piernas (“Between Your Legs”, 1998).
His first film as Production Manager was Ray Loriga’s La Pistola de Mi Hermano (“My Brother’s Gun”, 1997), followed by One of the Hollywood Ten (2000) by Karl Francis, Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone (2000), Intacto (2000) by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Almodóvar’s Talk to Her (2002).
From 2002, Toni Novella has been Line Producer of films such as Descongélate (“Chill Out”) by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso and Almodóvar’s Volver (2005), for which he received his first nomination for a Goya award. These were followed by The Bourne Ultimatum by Paul Greengrass (2007), on which he was the production manager: second unit, Madrid, Steven Soderbergh’s Che (2007), Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces (2008) and Andrucha Waddington’s Lope (2009), for which he received his second Goya award nomination. Pedro Almodóvar’s 2010 film The Skin I Live In saw him once again nominated for a Goya Award for Best Production Direction. Next came Red Lights by Rodrigo Cortés (2011), Almodóvar’s I’m So Excited in 2012 and Turning Tide by Christophe Offenstein (2012).
In 2013 Toni Novella worked on Ridley Scott’s blockbuster Exodus as the Production Manager in Almería.
For his work on Fernando González Molina’s Palm Trees in the Snow (2014), he was again nominated for a Goya Award. In 2015 he won his first Goya and Premio Gaudí awards for Best Production Direction for El Niño by Daniel Monzón. Also in 2015 Toni was Line Producer on Almodóvar’s Julieta, while in 2016 he was also Line Producer on Lennart Ruff, Titan, as well as on Fernando González Molina’s The Invisible Guardian.
In 2017, he signed as Line Producer for Sara’s Notebook by Norberto López Amado and Yucatán (2017) by Daniel Monzón. In 2019 he does so for El viaje de Marta (Staff only) by Neus Ballús and Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory for which he obtains the Audiovisual Valenciano Award to the Best Production Direction and appears, once again, among the nominees to the Goya Award to the Best Production Direction.
In 2020 he appears as Line Producer of ‘Nieva en Benidorm‘ by Isabel Coixet, film for which, another more time, Toni is nominated in Goya Awards for Best Production Direction, and also as Delegate Producer of Malasaña 32 by Alberto Pintó and El verano que vivimos by Carlos Sedes. In 2022 he produced and worked as Line Producer in Live is life. La gran aventura, by Dani de la Torre.
In 2023 the animated film ‘Mummies‘ is released worldwide, of which Toni is a producer.
As well as his prolific career in cinema, Toni has also directed production on a number of television mini-series and advertisements.
He gives classes on Production at a number of universities and film schools.
Features Films
Mummies (Juan Jesús García Galocha. “Galo”) 2023
Producer
Live is life. La gran aventura (Dani de la Torre) 2022
Producer and Line Producer
El verano que vivimos (Carlos Sedes) 2020
Delegate Producer
Malasaña 32 (Alberto Pintó) 2020
Delegate Producer
Nieva en Benidorm (Isabel Coixet) 2020
Line Producer
Dolor y gloria (Pedro Almodóvar) 2019.
Line Producer
★ Valencian Audiovisual Award for the best Production Management
El viaje de Marta (Staff only) (Neus Ballús) 2019.
Line Producer
El Cuaderno de Sara (Norberto López Amado) 2017
Line Producer
Yucatán (Daniel Monzón) 2017.
Line Producer
El Guardián Invisible (Fernando González Molina) 2016.
Line Producer
The Titan (Lennart Ruff) 2016.
Line Producer
Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar) 2015.
Line Producer
El Niño (Daniel Monzón) 2015.
Line Producer
★ Goya Best Production supervision.
★ Gaudí Best Production supervision.
Palmeras en la Nieve (Palm trees in the snow) (Fernando González Molina) 2014.
Line Producer
Exodus (Ridley Scott) 2013.
Production Manager (Spain)
En solitaire (Christophe Offenstein) 2012.
Production Manager (Spain)
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m so excited!) (Pedro Almodóvar) 2012.
Line Production
Red lights (Rodrigo Cortés) 2011.
Line Production
La piel que habito (The skin I live in) (Pedro Almodóvar) 2010.
Line Production
The Way (Emilio Estévez) 2009.
Line Productor
Lope (Andrucha Waddington) 2009.
Line Productor
Los abrazos rotos (Broken embrances) (Pedro Almodóvar) 2008.
Line Production
Ché: Guerrilla (Steven Soderbergh) 2007.
Line Production
The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass) 2007.
2º Unit Production Manager (Spain)
Asterix aux Jeux Olympiques (Frédéric Forestier / Thomas Langmann) 2006.
Production Manager
Volver (Pedro Almodóvar) 2005.
Line Production
Obaba (Montxo Armendáriz) 2004.
Production Manager
La mala educación (Bad education) (Pedro Almodóvar) 2003.
Production Manager
Descongélate (Chill out!) (Félix Sabroso y Dunia Ayaso) 2002.
Line Production
Hable con ella (Talk to her) (Pedro Almodóvar) 2001.
Production Manager
Intacto (Intact) (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo) 2000.
Production Manager
El Espinazo del Diablo (The Devil’s backone) (Guillermo del Toro) 2000.
Production Manager
Punto de Mira (One of the Hollywood ten) (Karl Francis) 2000.
Assitant Production Manager
Leyenda de Fuego (Roberto Lázaro) 2000.
Assistant Production Manager
Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer) 1999.
Localitation Manager
The world is not enough (Bond 19) (Michael Apted) 1999.
Localitation Manager (Bilbao)
Mission: Impossible II (John Woo) 1999.
Localitation Manager (Sevilla)
Todo sobre mi madre (All about my mother) (Pedro Almodóvar) 1998.
Assistant Production Manager
Entre las piernas (Between your legs) (Manuel Gómez Pereira) 1998.
Assistant Production Manager
Cha Cha Chá (Antonio del Real) 1997.
Assistant Production Manager
Carne trémula (Live flesh) (Pedro Almodóvar) 1997.
Assistant Production Manager
La pistola de mi hermano (My brother’s gun) (Ray Loriga) 1996.
Manager Production
La flor de mi secreto (The flower of my secret) (Pedro Almodóvar) 1995.
Assistant Production Manager
Arruinados / Sálvate si puedes (Joaquín Trincado) 1994.
Assistant Production Manager
El día nunca, por la tarde (Julián Esteban) 1994.
Property Master
Kika (Pedro Almodóvar) 1993.
Assistant Production Manager
Todos a la Cárcel (Everyone off to jail) (Luís García Berlanga) 1993.
Assistant Production Manager
Acción Mutante (Mutant Action) (Alex de la Iglesia) 1992.
Assistant Production Manager
El Hombre de la Nevera (Vicente Tamarit) 1992.
Assistant Production Manager
Dime una mentira / Los siete errores (Juan Sebastián Bollaín) 1992.
Assistant Production Manager
Tacones Lejanos (High Heels) (Pedro Almodóvar) 1991.
Production Assistant
Demasiado Corazón (Eduardo Campoy) 1991.
Production Assistant
Bazar Viena (Amalio Cuevas) 1989.
Apprentice Production Manager
Short Films
Feliciten al Chef (Eva S. Nofuentes) 2006
Producer (Dadá Films)
La vida siempre es corta (Miguel Albaladejo) 1993
Assistant Production Manager
Según el corte (José Bottamino) 1993
Assistant Production Manager
Television
Marco (Félix Viscarret) 2012. Bambú Producciones for Antena 3 TV.
Line Producer
Historias del Milenio (Miryam Pedrero de Aristizábal) 2008/09. El Sótano.doc for Televisión Española.
Producer
Las Cerezas del Cementerio (Juan Luis Iborra) 2004. Coral Valencia S.L. for Televisión Española
Line Producer
Despacito y a Compás (Cristina Hoyos) Marta Molins 2002. Itaca Media for Tele 5
Line Producer