Miguel Courtois Paternina was born in Paris in 1960. He started directing with Preuve d’amour in 1987 and has worked in French film and television ever since, directing and creating numerous films and series including La Crim’  (1999) and Le Lycée (2000), which received the Best Series Award at the Saint Tropez Festival. He directed his first Spanish film El Lobo(Wolf) in 2004, which won two Spanish Film Academy Goya awards as well as numerous other international prizes. His filmography also includes TV movies such as Second Chance (2005) and Le Piège Afghan (2011), and the feature film GAL (2006) which was shot and produced in Spain.