Xavier Montanyà

• Name — Xavier Montanyà Atoche • Born — 28 November 1961 • Birthplace — Barcelona • Known for — Memoria negra (Black memory) • Occupation — Author and documentary filmmaker

Xavier Montanyà was born in Barcelona in 1961, and became a journalist and the author of documentaries. He was on the advisory board of La Vanguardia's "Cultura/s" (2002-2013), and is a collaborator of VilaWeb and Sàpiens. His feature film Memoria negra (Black memory) was selected at the Festival of Valladolid (2006). The film, exhibited at the African Film Festival of Cordoba and other festivals, explores the problems caused by the Spanish colonization of Equatorial Guinea. His 2009 Les Espions de Franco (Franco's Spies) documents the activity of Franco's spies behind the lines in the Spanish Civil War. It shows that the French police were aware of the network yet did little to stop it. In his 2011 book L'or negre de la mort (The black gold of the dead) he explores the situation in the Niger Delta where multinationals are extracting (and spilling) crude oil. He discusses the corruption of the government, ecological impact, poverty and violence that affects the inhabitants.

• Year — Movie — Role — Notes • 1996 — Granados y Delgado. Un crimen legal (Granados and Delgado: A legal crime) — Co-director and co-writer —. 58 minutes. Silver FIPA Award, 1996 • 1999 — Winnipeg. Palabras de un exilio (Winnipeg: Words from exile) — Co-director and co-writer — Production of Parallel-40 with Televisión Española, ARTE, ADL and Aquis Gran Comunicaciones • 2000 — "Xirinacs: de l'amnistia a la independència" (Xirinacs: from amnesty to independence" — Co-director and writer • 2002 — Sense llibertat (Without freedom) — Co-director and writer —. 54 minutes • 2002 — "Nfumu Ngui, el goril·la blanc" — Director and writer — 54 minutes • 2004 — Joan Peiró i la justicia de Franco (Joan Peiró and the justice of Franco) — Director and writer • 2004 — "El Manifest Groc: un debat sobre la cultura catalana" — Director and writer • 2006 — Memoria negra (Black memory) — Director and co-writer — Documentary on the Spanish colonization of Equatorial Guinea. 90 minutes • 2009 — Espions de Franco (Franco's Spies) — Director and co-writer — 52 minutes. Documentary on Franco's spies behind the lines in the civil war • 2014 — CIE, presó administrativa ("CIE, administrative jail") — Co-director — 30 minutes. Televisio de Catalunya, program: "30 minuts".Award: Premi Francesc Candel 2015. Premi per a la Diversitat en l'Audiovisual (CAC) 2015. • 2014 — Xavier Vinader, periodista. Contra la guerra bruta (Xavier Vinader, journalist. Against dirty war) — Co-director — 54 minutes. Documentary on Vinader's journalistic research reports about Spanish state dirty war in Euskal Herria against basc independentists. • 2016 — Les lluites de Barcelona (The struggles of Barcelona (1936-2016) — Co-director and writer • 2016 — Vols de deportació ("Deportation flights") — Co-director — 30 minutes. Televisio de Catalunya, program: "30 minuts".