Spanish filmmaker Paul Urkijo Alijo was born in 1984 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the Basque Country. Since he was a child, he has been passionate about cinema, literature and comics. A great fan of mythology and traditional tales, he has a predilection for the fantasy genre. After graduating in Fine Arts in 2008, he began to devote himself professionally to illustration and the direction of short films. In 2016, he wrote, produced and directed Errementari, his first feature film, followed by Irati, from 2023.