Mikel Gurrea is a writer-director born in San Sebastián in 1985. He graduated from Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University and won the prestigious Obra Social “la Caixa” scholarship to study a Master of Arts at the London Film School. His short films have been selected in festivals such as Venice, San Sebastián and Montreal and his dramatic work for the stage as a playwright has opened in theatres such as London's Queen Elizabeth Hall and Madrid's Fernan-Gomez. Suro is his feature film debut.