1947
Cartoonist, comic artist, editor
editorial coordinator associated with publications such as Por Favor, Muchas gracias, Hermano Lobo, El Papus, El Víbora, TMEO or Makoki. Valles has also participated in several cinematic productions.
He entered the world of cinema in the late 1960s, creating a film club and working on several short films by Francesc Belmunt, Ramon Font, Pere Balzach, Segismon Molist and Ferran Alberich in the production companies Vértigo, Pac Films and Films de Lluna, which he founded in 1974. As a director, he made his debut by shooting an episode of “The Long Pastels of Sangre” (1971) together with Jaime Chavarri, F. Belmunt and Emilio Martinez-Lazaro, followed by documentaries “Humor” (1978) and “Naturists” (1981). On the other hand, as a director of animated short films, he produced, realized and staged the premieres of “Farigol” (1970) edited by F. Bellmunt; “Puppets” (1975) with Titell Garibaldi from Barcelona; “Zero Time Match in the Middle” (1976); “Bye Bye Yayo” (1977), this is a sketch that was not included in the “Long Stories of Love and Masakre”, which presents a caustic satire on the dictator Franco; “Open your door of love” (1982); “A hundred characters in search of the author”. The first part (1982); Facing the Public (1983); My Neighbors (1983); Another Disparate Sect (1984) and Si m ho permet (1990). His usual technical team consists of Jose Gianna (on-call photography) and Anastasia Rinos (editing).
Since 1965 he has collaborated in humorous magazines such as Mata Ratos, “Bel”, Hermano Lobo, Garbo, El Papus, Fotogramas, “Jano”, “Mundo Joven”, “El Noticiero Universal”, “Userda”, “El Periodico de Catalunya”, “Videostar”, “Cul-de-Sac”, “Bezame Mucho”, “Complot”, Makoki, “Actual”, El Vibora and especially in the humorous magazine “Por Favor”. He published several albums of humorous drawings, he was also co-director of the humorous magazine Muchas Gracias (1975) and editor of Por Favor. (1984). In 1986 he received the Gaziel Prize for Journalism, and in 1992 he published “Madre without Pario”! How to put up with Mom. He was a screenwriter of television programs and works for the private network City TV.
Reference: Wikipedia, 2010
