Biography

Jordi Llompart Mallorquès (born October 11, 1962) is a Spanish journalist and film producer, director and writer. He directed and presented many Radio and TV shows, mainly as anchorman on news, and he also produced and directed several films and documentary series for cinema and television including innovative projects for IMAX and stereoscopic 3D cinema.Between 1988 and 2000 was director and presenter in television news in the main channel of Televisió de Catalunya TV3, as well as director and presenter of weekly news programs like Versió directa or Fem empresa, and he also created and directed the documentary series on the conservation of world cultural heritage L’oblit del passat (The Vanishing Past).Among many works, as a filmmaker Llompart has produced, written and directed Mystery of the Nile (2005), the first movie produced by a Spanish company for the IMAX theaters, and he has also produced, written and directed Magic Journey to Africa (2010), the first european fiction movie for IMAX, Digital Cinemas and TV entirely shot and produced in stereoscopic 3D. In October 2009 he was awarded with the "Maria" Honorary Award in the 42nd edition of Sitges Film Festival.