Alcantud is a Spanish director and screenwriter. He gained first experiences on film in 1999 and 2001 when he worked as assistant director to famous directors Álex de la Iglesia, Montxo Armendáriz and Bigas Luna. A year later, he made his directing debut with the thriller Impulses (Impulsos). Five years later he directed another thriller Anastezsi (2007) British and Spanih co-production and starring Derek Jacobi and Ángela Molina, but it was not very successful. From then on, he directed many TV series and in 2013, one more feature drama Black Diamonds (Diamantes negros, 2013).