Juan Rayos is a filmmaker living in Madrid. He received a degree in Photography, Video and Television from the University of Alicante. After several years working in the visual arts scene, Rayos is now dedicated to film. He has directed several documentaries in the last few years: Endless Roads (2011) about the group of skaters Longboard Girls Crew; Caballos salvajes (Wild Horses, 2012), about an old tradition in the north of Spain; Los primeros días (The First Days, 2013) about the theatre company La Tristura; and La sonrisa verdadera (True Smile, 2014), about a blind autistic young boy’s inspiring trip across Morocco.

Rayos received a scholarship from the Spanish Academy in Rome and was selected for the Injuve Photography competition in 2001 and the Injuve Art Show in 2004. His documentaries have been shown worldwide at the Cinema d’Autor Film Festival in Barcelona; Document Art Film festival in Bucharest; Banff Mountain Film Festival in Canada; Maremostra Film Festival in Mallorca; the Cineteca of Madrid; and the Film Archive of Spain.