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I was born in Barcelona on the 9th of February 1979. The son of Luis de Val López, founder of Manga Films, and Maite Mínguez, who is the former owner of a video club and also of a great collection of Hollywood objects: there's no denying that cinema runs through my veins.

I studied International Management in Lugano (Switzerland) and International Communication at the prestigious UCLA in Los Angeles, where I majored in Creative Production.

I worked as a director in the Manga Films division of Spanish Cinema from 2002 to 2005. At age 25, I produced my first film, FBI: Frikis Buscan Incordiar (Javier Cárdenas, 2004), and it turned out to be a huge success, both at the box office and home video.

In 2005, I founded Media Films, which had Yo Soy La Juani (Bigas Luna, 2006) as its first production and was later followed by others, such as the 3-Goya award winner El Truco del Manco (Santiago Zannou, 2008), Heroes (Pau Freixas, 2010) or Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo (Icíar Bollaín, 2011).

In 2012, I decided to focus on film distribution, collaborating with Inopia Films.

Alongside my former associate, Rodrigo Pineda, in 2015, I founded YouPlanet, a video production and Influencer representation agency, after approaching this world for the first time while promoting a film oriented to a young audience through this media. I began this company’s activity by putting on events led by Influencers and selling out in theaters throughout the whole of Spain. In 2016, the demand for creators for advertisement grew until it became the first focus of our company, alongside the video production for Atresplayer’s channel, Flooxer.

In 2018, I created the YouTube Multi-channel Network to offer support to the creators on the platform while enlarging the number of talents represented by YouPlanet and creating new content formats.

By the end of 2018, after my father’s passing, to whom I was very close, I decided to dissociate myself from Inopia Films and create YouPlanet Pictures to continue with film distribution in my own company which, in only two years, holds over 200 titles

In 2019, I created my first documentary, “Vosotros sois mi película,” with a great impact on the media.

In 2020, I directed my first short film, “Una noche en el cósmico” alongside Diego Herrero.

Currently, I direct my activity towards leading the business units that form YouPlanet Group: YouPlanet (representation and Influence Marketing), YouPlanet Pictures (film production and distribution), YouPlanet Productions (production of audiovisual content for platforms or television), and House of Talents (digital content strategy and management).