Doctor by the University of Vigo with the thesis [cum laude] “Técnica do relato fílmico”. In 1975 he began working as a film critic for the newspaper La Voz de Galicia under the pseudonym Caurel, and as a producer, scriptwriter and director in Equipo Imaxe -recognized with the Mestre Mateo 2006 honorary award- of which he was a founding member.