Born in Sevilla and growed up in Vitoria, Javier Ruiz de Arcaute went to Madrid to study Geology at de Universidad Complutense de Madrid. After finishing the first year of the grade he understad that his real vocation is movimaking. He founds with his two best friend the movie website Las Horas Perdidas (http://www.lashorasperdidas.com), which now is one of the most important sites about movies in Spain. When he finishes his grade in 2005 he starts studying at de Madrid Film Institute (Instituto del Cine de Madrid). He ends his new career in 2008 with three short films. He gets an internship in Sogecable (Canal +) while he continues working in Intevento as a cultural competition manager and casual producer. In 2009 he films with some of his schoolmates the series Sergio y Lolo Van al Cine for Internet and films his fourth short film, "La Amistad Es Algo Maravilloso", finished on 2010 and selected in many festivals. Also in 2009 he starts working at the European Foundation for de Information Society as producer, editor and postproducer. He studies a course of scriptwriting in 2011 and now he works as a freelance.
- Primera muestra de cortometrajes de Granada "Opera Prima en Corto" (Granada) - Loisaida Cortos Latino Film Festival en Nueva York (Nueva York - EE.UU.) - CORTEM II Festival Nacional de Cortos de Tembleque (Toledo) - Concurso de Cortos de Humor ¡Esto No Es Serio! (Alicante) - III Concurso "Corto Joven" Ciudad de Toledo TOLETVM (Toledo) - Muestra en Toledo de Cine Independiente y Fantástico (Toledo) - 3º Festival de Cortos Rodina (Valladolid) - 2ª edición de CINESTABLE (Ordes - A Coruña) - New York Hell's Kitchen Film Festival (Nueva York - EE.UU.)
