Lorea Lyons

Lorea Lyons Andraka (born in Bilbao on 3 June 1996) is a Basque-English actress, filmmaker and film director.

As a filmmaker, she has been awarded the Zinebi New Talents Award (2017) or the Zinebi Express AUX Award (2018), among others, for her film productions, whether as a director, producer or both.

Life and career
Lyons was born in Bilbao on 3 June 1996, to a Basque mother and an English father. She studied a bachelor's degree (BA) in audiovisual communication at the University of the Basque Country (2014–2018). She specialized in film lighting and cinematography at the Basque Country Film School (ECPV). She has developed in the field of cinematography, film direction and film production.

Lyons also studied and trained in theatre and drama in Ánima Eskola School of Drama with David Valdelvira, Marina Shimanskaya and Algis Arlauskas, training as a method actress, under the Stanislavsky-Vakhtangov-M.Chekhov-Meyerhold methodology (Russian method), following the methodologies of the Russian classical school. There she coincided with the actors Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Julen Guerrero and Ane Inés Landeta, together with whom she was trained. She also trained in music with Roberto Bienzobas and in dance with Rakel Rodríguez.

In 2013, she performed The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, playing the role of Caliban, a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira, together with Carmen Climent and Nerea Elizalde, among other cast members.

In 2014 she performed the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, playing the role of Hermia (leading), a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira, and with Estela Celdrán as an assistant director, together with Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Julen Guerrero and Ane Inés Landeta, among other cast members. The theatrical production was very well received by the public, and was staged several times between 2014 and 2015. The stage production was awarded the Buero Vallejo Award (2015), in the XII edition of the awards. She was part of the Ánima Youth Theatre.

In 2015 she performed the play Dialogues between Chekhov and Bécquer, a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Russian actress and stage director Marina Shimanskaya, based on the works of Anton Chejov and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, together with Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde and Ane Inés Landeta, among other cast members.

In 2016 she performed the play Masquerade by Mikhail Lermontov, a production directed by stage director David Valdelvira and staged at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, which was presented during the week of the FETABI international festival (2016).

In 2017 she served as production director of the short film "La petite mort", directed by Andrea Landaluce and Ana Gonzalez Telleria. The short film was screened at different festivals and was awarded the Zinebi New Talents Award (2017) from the Zinebi Festival, Zinegoak Official Selection (2017) from the Zinegoak Festival and First Prize BItaBE (Bideo Talentu Berriak-New Talents) (2019).

At the end of 2018, Lyons was selected in the "film production" category for the development of audiovisual projects within the framework of the Labko program for the development of Basque Country-Argentina co-productions.

In 2017 she served as producer and director of the short film Azkena, produced by Izar Films, together with Ane Inés Landeta, a piece that deals with motherhood. The project received the Zinebi Express AUX Award (2018) from the Zinebi Festival. In 2021 the project received the Aukera Award from the Zinebi Festival and the Work in Progress Award from the Animadeba-Berria Festival. The project was chosen by the Short Film Industry Association (AIC) in the new talent program. Likewise, the audiovisual project was selected for the Aukera program of Zinebi and Zineuskadi, to continue developing the audiovisual project. The project achieved the support of director and producer Izaskun Arandia and in 2022 it was presented at international festivals, among others, at the Annecy International Film Festival.

In 2016 Lyons co-directed the short film A migas, together with Ane Inés Landeta, which was presented at the V Edition of the Xprest! Aux Express Film Festival, organized by Zinemakumeak Gara. The short film won the AUX Award. In 2018 she co-directed the short film Me Quiere, No Me Quiere(s), together with Ane Inés Landeta, which was presented at the VII Edition of the Xprest! Aux Express Film Festival. The film won the AUX Award.

Film

 * 2017–2024, Azkena (production and direction)
 * 2018, Me quiere, no me quiere(s), dir. Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta
 * 2017, "La petite mort" (production)
 * 2016, A migas, dir. Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta

Awards

 * Work in Progress Award (2021) for Azkena.
 * Aukera Award (2021) for Azkena.
 * First BItaBE (Bideo Talentu Berriak-New Talents) Prize (2019) for "La petite mort".
 * Zinebi Express AUX Award (2018) for Azkena.
 * Xprest! Aux Express Film Festival AUX Award (2018) for Me quiere, no me quiere(s).
 * Zinebi New Talents Award (2017) for "La petite mort".
 * Xprest! Aux Express Film Festival AUX Award (2016) for A migas.
 * Buero Vallejo Award (2015), for A Midsummer Night's Dream.