Leticia and Paul founded production company Whackala in Dublin to pursue their own projects in May 2006. ‘After the Revolution’ is their first major production. They’re also developing animation, further documentary and live-action projects. Find out more at www.whackala.com
Leticia Agudo
Director and Editor Leticia Agudo is from Seville, Spain. At 17 she went to Britain to pursue an education and career in the theatre. While doing an MA in theatre directing she met two like-minded colleagues and they all moved to Dublin, Ireland, at the end of 1997 to form a theatre company. After three years directing and producing stage plays, Leticia did another Masters in Film Production to fulfil a life long inclination to telling stories visually. She has since independently produced and directed two live action shorts and worked as 1st assistant director and production manager for live action shorts and documentary. Her focus and knowledge of Chiapas comes from accompanying her mother, anthropologist Pilar Sanchiz Ochoa, from the University of Seville, since the late 1980s in various projects and field trips. Leticia also teaches film and media in Coláiste Dhulaigh College in Dublin.
Paul McGrath
Producer and Animator Paul McGrath is from Dublin, Ireland. He co-founded and ran his own animation production company in Dublin, Kavaleer Productions, for which he animated, produced, did technical direction and special effects in many projects from 1999 to 2004, when he left to pursue an interest in drama and factual programming. He has produced, directed and worked in several areas of animation for companies like Liquid Animation in Brisbane, Australia, Hyperion Films in Los Angeles, US and Sullivan Bluth/Sheperd Films in Dublin. He has also done freelance animation work for award winning Brown Bag Films and factual TV company Coco Television, both in Dublin. He has taught animation in three different colleges in Dublin.
