The Devil's Backbone (2001) - Credits and Details

The Devil's Backbone Credits and Details

Directed by
	Guillermo del Toro
Written by
	Guillermo del Toro	...	written by
	Antonio Trashorras	...	written by
	David Muñoz	...	written by
Cast
	Marisa Paredes	...	Carmen
	Eduardo Noriega	...	Jacinto
	Federico Luppi	...	Dr. Casares
	Fernando Tielve	...	Carlos
	Íñigo Garcés	...	Jaime
	Irene Visedo	...	Conchita
	José Manuel Lorenzo	...	Marcelo
	Francisco Maestre	...	El Puerco (as Paco Maestre)
	Junio Valverde	...	Santi
	Berta Ojea	...	Alma
	Adrián Lamana	...	Gálvez
	Daniel Esparza	...	Marcos
	Miguel Ortiz
	Juan Carlos Vellido
	Javier Bódalo	...	Búho (as Javier González Madrigal)
	Víctor Elías
	José Luis Torrijo
	Álvaro Vega
	Jonás Batuecas
	Daniel Cuño
	Rubén Escamilla
	Andreas Muñoz	...	Santi
	Adrián Serna
	Javier González Sánchez	...	Owl
	Álvaro Román
	Mikel Selles
	Leandro Tejada
	Izan Checa
	Víctor Barroso	...	Luis
	Mario Barroso
	Francisco Fernández
Uncredited Cast
	Christopher Downs	...	Fusilado
	Jaime Fernández-Cid Buscató	...	Fusilado
	Martín Hernández	...	Octavio
Produced by
	Agustín Almodóvar	...	producer
	Pedro Almodóvar	...	executive producer
	Rosa Bosch	...	co-producer
	Guillermo del Toro	...	executive producer
	Bertha Navarro	...	producer
	Michel Ruben	...	associate producer
Original Music by
	Javier Navarrete
Special Effects by
	Reyes Abades	...	mechanical effects
	Carmen Aguirre	...	special effects art director
	Ángel Alonso	...	special effects technician
	Arturo Balseiro	...	special effects makeup
	Xavier Bastida	...	special effects makeup
	Juan Carlos Corroto	...	special effects technician
	José M. Meneses	...	special effects technician: DDT
	Alfonso Nieto	...	special effects supervisor
	Juan Serrano	...	special effects technician: Reyes Abades SFX
Visual Effects by
	Nike Alonso	...	CGI assistant production
	Helmuth Barnert	...	digital compositor
	Raúl Batanero	...	CGI operator
	Juan Bosco	...	Avid digital effects
	Juanjo Carretero	...	digital effects technician
	Gonzalo Carrión	...	matchmove artist
	Gonzalo Carssón	...	CGI operator
	Segundo Casero	...	CGI chief operator
	Nacho Cepero	...	digital compositor
	René Chesta	...	CGI operator
	Daniel de Madrid	...	backdraft
	Juan del Pozo	...	digital compositor
	Manuel Delgado	...	digital compositor
	Alejandro Dupry	...	Avid digital effects
	Eduardo Díaz	...	CGI operator
	David Fernández Girón	...	CGI operator
	Daniel Fernández	...	CGI operator
	Gabriel Garrido	...	digital compositor
	Iñaki Gil	...	CGI chief operator
	Noelia Gorrón	...	digital effects producer
	Enrique Jiménez	...	digital effects technician
	Isidro Jiménez	...	digital compositor
	Antonio Lado	...	CGI operator
	Pablo Martín	...	CGI operator
	Carlos Matella	...	digital compositor
	Patricia Matiskei	...	digital compositor
	Gonzalo Moure	...	digital compositor
	Javier Nuñez	...	CGI chief of production
	Emilio Pérez	...	digital compositor
	Álvaro Rodríguez	...	digital effects producer
	Emilio Ruiz del Río	...	modeler
	Raúl Sánchez Ortego	...	digital compositor
	Silvia Torralba	...	digital effects producer
	Carlos Trijueque	...	digital compositor
	Antonio Ubeda	...	CGI operator
	Jon Uriarte	...	CGI operator
	Rodrigo Vega	...	CGI operator
	Óscar Villalba	...	backdraft
	Jesús Álvarez	...	visual effects
	Úrsula García	...	visual effects coordinator: pre-production
Stunts
	Sergio Atanes	...	stunt coordinator
	Silvia Carballo	...	stunts
	Ricardo Cruz	...	stunts
	María José García	...	stunts
	Salvador Martos Manson	...	stunts
	Andreas Muñoz	...	stunts
Thanks
	Juan Carlos Doadrio	...	thanks
	Nicolás Díaz Chico	...	thanks
	Laura Esquivel	...	thanks
	Delfín Prieto	...	thanks
	José Salcedo	...	thanks

Additional Info
Premiere:	April 20, 2001
DVD Release:	June 25, 2002
Blu-ray Release:	July 30, 2013
Countries:
Distributor:	The Criterion Collection
Websites:

Ratings
4.6 / 10	7.3 / 10	78 / 100

Alternate Titles
El Espinazo Del Diablo

Production Companies
El Deseo
Tequila Gang
Sogepaq (in association with)
Canal+ España (in association with)
Anhelo Producciones
Rocky Mountain Motion Pictures (Camera and Lenses)

Distributors
Sony Pictures Classics (2001) (United States) (subtitled) (theatrical)
The Criterion Collection (2013) (United States) (subtitled) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
The Criterion Collection (2013) (United States) (subtitled) (DVD)
The Criterion Collection (2016) (United States) (subtitled) (DVD)
The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (digital) (subtitled) (TV)
Sony Pictures Classics (2022) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)

Filming Locations
Cubillo de Uceda, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Madrid, Spain
Spain
Talamanca del Jarama, Madrid, Spain

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