Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (born 5 December 1967) is a Spanish film director, script writer, and producer. He directed Intacto and 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. His film Esposados was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1996.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 5, 1967 (58)
- Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
- Director and writer
- 7 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Known for
What are Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Damsel(2024)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Salvation(2017)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Falling Water(2016)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all showsPrototype (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Path(2012)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Intruders(2011)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
28 Weeks Later(2007)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Psicotaxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Intacto(2001)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Linked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles, 10 of them dated from 1996 to 2024.
Biggest box office
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Highest rated
Intacto (2001)
Most popular right now
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for an Oscar in 1997, Best Short Film, Live Action.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Juan Carlos Fresnadillo work with?
People who share at least 2 of Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Enrique López Lavigne shares the most, 3.
Cinematographers and editors
- Enrique ChediakShared titles: Intruders (2011), 28 Weeks Later (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Enrique Chediak
- Nacho Ruiz CapillasShared titles: Intruders (2011), Intacto (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Producers
- Enrique López LavigneShared titles: Intruders (2011), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Intacto (2001)See all 3 shared titles with Enrique López Lavigne
