Director and Scriptwriter He studied Philology at Deusto University in Bilbao and was in the merchant navy for a number of years. He was director and co-scriptwriter of the teleseries "The Memoirs of Karbo Vantas", along with his brother Jose Miguel with whom he usually writes all the scripts that they develop. He directed the shorts "The Revenge of the Bald Artist", "In Vino Veritas" and "Damn Mothers-in-Law" and has directed commercials.   His first feature as director was "You Only Die Twice", which he also co-wrote with his brother Jose Miguel.
	Director and Scriptwriter He studied Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country and was in the merchant navy for three years. Painter, draughtsman, decorator, advertising creative, scriptwriter and somewhat chaotic author, he is the writer of numerous stories, short and feature-length scripts, television programmes and unpublished novels.   Some titles of his works are: "A Few Minutes with Professor Kentley", "Implacable Pursuit", "The Revenge of the Bald Artist", "In Vino Veritas", "Damn Mothers-in-Law", "The Last Expedition of the Casamatas Brothers", "Don't Disturb", "The First Eleven", "Euskofiles", and "Longitude. Latitude." for TVE (Televisión Española).   In commercials production he has been responsible for the creation of various campaigns for cinema and TV (storyboards and scripts), for different clients, as well as being co-director and artistic director on the commercials themselves.   Co-scriptwriter and co-director, along with his brother Esteban, of each episode of the teleseries "The Memoirs of Karbo Vantas", he also wrote the storyline for the series. Likewise, he wrote the storyline for "You Only Die Twice" and co-wrote (with Esteban) the film's script.
Credits
Written and Directed by   Esteban Ibarretxe Jose Miguel Ibarretxe Produced by   Eduardo Carneros Javier Ibarretxe Iñaki Núñez Philippe Carcassonne Associate Producer   Jose María de la Sota Co-Producers   Jason Piette Michael Cowan François Ivernel Director of Photography   Kiko de la Rica (A.E.C.) Casting by   Carol Dudley CDG CSA Cannon Dudley & Associates Art Direction   Leonardo Haertling Art Direction   Marie-Claire Quin Production Designer   Thierry Flamand Costume Designer   Estibaliz Markiegi Music by   Santi Ibarretxe Edited by   Pablo Zumárraga Chief Make-up Designer   Laurence Grosjean Chief Hairdresser   Feirouz Zaafour Sound Engineer   François de Morant Sound Editor   Santiago Thevenet Sound Mixer   Joël Rangon Line Producer   Antonio Gonzalo First Assistant Director   Richard Walker Line Producer (France)   Christophe Audeguis Special Effects Coordinator   Ignacio Carreño Special Effects   Reyes Abades Set Decorators and Constructors   Josean "Hassan" Pérez Pello Villalba