Juan Montoto Ugarte

Direct sound teacher - ECPV

He has worked in productions such as "La casa de papel" or "Terminator Dark Fate"


Professional Experience

Juan Montoto Ugarte is a Direct Sound professional for Film and TV based in Madrid.

He studied the specialty “Sound in Cinema” at ECAM in Madrid for 3 years from 2007 to 2010. Later he specialized in “Direct Sound” in London at the NFTS school in 2013 and started as a Sound Assistant in English productions.

In 2016 he returned to Spain where he began working as a Microphonist in national and international productions (“La Casa de Papel”, “Tierra Firme”, “Terminator Dark Fate”, “As Bestas”) and since 2020 he has worked as Head of Direct Sound for series , films, advertising and documentaries.

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