Born in Barcelona in January 1945, he graduated in Law at Barcelona University and worked as a film engineer from 1968 to 1980. He has been a film critic since 1976 for publications like “Destino”, “El Noticiero Universal” and “El Periódico de Catalunya”. He joined the editorial department of “Fotogramas” in 1981, where he was editor in chief from 1989 to 1996, when he became head of the editorial board of “Qué Leer”. At the moment he is also sub-editor of Comunicación y Publicaciones S.A., which publishes the magazines “Fotogramas”, “Qué Leer” and “Clío”.
As a novelist, he has published “Un clavel entre los dientes” (Seix Barral, 1989), “Tul ilusión” (Anagrama, 1993), “Las Adelfas” (Ediciones del Bronce, 1997) and “Un curso muy movido” (Alba, 1999), the latter in collaboration with his daughter Clara. He has also written a book of film memoirs, ‘Mis años de cine (1976-1979) Entre el destape y la “qualité”’ (DVD, 2001). In November this year the first volume of his memoirs, “Memorias de un extraño (1945-1971)” (Seix Barral) will be published. He has been married since 1971 and has a son and a daughter.