Enrique López Lavigne (born 1967) is a film producer with an extensive work in

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. He is a founder of Apache Films and Apaches Entertainment as well as El Estudio.

Biography

Enrique López Lavigne was born in

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in 1967, son to a Spanish father and a French mother. He studied law at the

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and then worked for a year as a lawyer in

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. He began his career in media when he was 25 years old, entering to work for

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and

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. Later in time he came to co-found Apaches Entertainment alongside . A prolific producer of Spanish films, his credits include works such as ' (also co-director), ''

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'', ''

28 Weeks Later ''28 Weeks Later'' is a 2007 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who co-wrote it with Rowan Joffé, Enrique López Lavigne and Jesus Olmo. The sequel to the 2002 film ''28 Days Later'', it stars Robert Carlyle, ...

'', '' The Impossible'', ''

Holy Camp! ''Holy Camp!'' ( es, La llamada, lit=The Call, links=no) is a 2017 Spanish Musical film, musical comedy film directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo (actor), Javier Calvo. It is the film adaptation of the musical theatre, musical La llamada ...

'', ', ''

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'', '' Veronica'', and '' The Grandmother''. In 2020, he was invited to membership in the

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. Together with Pablo Cruz and Diego Suárez Chialvo, he co-founded El Estudio, a production company with activity in Mexico, Spain and the United States.

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