Begoña Vicario
Begoña Vicario is a Venezuelan-born Spanish animator and director. Over her career, she has created several animated short films, written books, articles, and papers, and organized groups of animators for collaborative film projects.
She was the recipient of a Goya Award in 1997 for her short film Ask About Me, and has also won the Madrid Experimental Film Festival Award and the Zinebi Basque Film Grand Award. Vicario now teaches at her alma mater, the University of the Basque Country, where she is a professor of Contemporary Art at the BA and Master levels.
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, her family moved to the Basque Country, Spain, when she was a year old. She studied at the University of the Basque Country, earning a PhD in fine art with her thesis on experimental animation. She is also a graduate of the Pilot animation studio in Moscow.
Filmography
Geroztik ere, 1993Hara-Hona, 1994Zureganako grina, 1995, 4 minutesAsk About Me, 1996, 4 minutesHuman Flesh, 2000, 12 minutesCouplets for an Everlasting Eve , 2016, 6 minutes, with the collective AgedakoplakJane, Tarzan Wasn't So Cool , 2016, 3 minutes, with the collective AtxurThe Ditch , 2017, 7 minutesMirror , 2017, 7 minutes, with the collective ArmintxeEhiza, 2020, 5 minutes, with the collective Hauazkena
Personal life
Vicario lives in Larrabetzu and has five children.