Lucia Palacios (born July 27, 1972 in Spain) is a film director and producer, as well as the co-owner of the film and music label Play Loud! Productions. She is also a professional voice over talent with long-time experience.
Lucia obtained her master’s degree in Cinema Studies at Complutense University in Madrid. Between 1996–2003 she studied (NYU) and worked in New York as a TV producer for Canal+ and TVE. She has collaborated as service producer on many films, such as, The Nomi Song (Andrew Horn, Teddy Award, 54. Berlinale). Palacios received the Grimme-Award (the German TV Oscar) in 2008 for her film monks - the transatlantic feedback.
Critics have called Lucia Palacios and Dietmar Post the German/Spanish counterpart to the American direct cinema directors D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Like Pennebaker and Hegedus, Post and Palacios shoot and produce their own films, which are acclaimed worldwide. In 2008, they received the prestigious Adolf-Grimme Award (the German TV Oscar) for their film Monks – The Transatlantic Feedback. Some of the major film festivals that have screened their films are: Rotterdam, Munich, Goteborg, CPH:DOX Denmark, Belfast, Leeds, Oslo, Gijon, Valladolid, and Buenos Aires. They have also been broadcast on such channels as: ZDF/3sat (Germany), SF1 (Swiss TV), Sundance Film Channel (USA), arte/ZDF, ZDF culture channel, HR (German Public TV), among others.
1996 - Bowl of Oatmeal (USA)
1998 - Cloven Hoofed (USA, Germany, Spain)
2002 - Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film) (USA, Germany, Spain)
2006 - monks - the transatlantic feedback (USA, Germany, Spain)
2009 - A Summer Evening with Floating di Morel (Germany, Spain, USA)
2009 - Doc Schoko: Oktopus im Pentagramm (Germany, Spain, USA)
2009 - Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows (Germany, Spain, USA)
2010 - Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival (Germany, Spain, USA)
2011 - Gebrueder Teichmann: Live at Maria (Germany, Spain)
2013 - Freidman & Liebzeit: Live at Festsaal Kreuzberg (Germany, Spain)
2013 - Donna Summer: Hot Stuff (Germany, USA)
2013 - Los Colonos del Caudillo (en ingles Franco´s Settlers) (Germany, Spain)
2015 - Deutsche Pop Zustande (Germany, in production)
2016 - El Genocidio Silenciado (Germany, Argentina, Spain, in development)
2017 - Felipe, what happened to the dream? (documentary about Felipe Gonzalez, in development)
2006 - (pl-01) (single 7") higgle-dy piggle-dy / monk time - The Fall/Alec Empire
2006 - (pl-02) (double CD/DOWNLOAD) silver monk time - a tribute to the monks (compilation)
2007 - (pl-03) (CD/LP) monks demo tapes 1965 (w/Munster Records)
2008 - (pl-04) (DVD 9) monks - the transatlantic feedback
2009 - (pl-05) (single 7") complication / oh, how to do now - The Monks (first official re-issue of the original 1966 Polydor single)
2009 - (pl-06) (LP/DOWNLOAD) said my say - Floating di Morel
2009 - (pl-07) (LP/DOWNLOAD) schlecht dran / gut drauf - Doc Schoko
2009 - (pl-08) (single 7"/DOWNLOAD) drunken maria / monk chant - Gossip / The Raincoats
2009 - (pl-09) (DOWNLOAD) more memory than now - Floating di Morel
2009 - (pl-10) (DOWNLOAD) takna, pakna, g(k)ram... - Floating di Morel
2009 - (pl-11) (DOWNLOAD) real people psych - Floating di Morel
2009 - (pl-12) (DOWNLOAD, VIDEO & AUDIO) A Summer Evening with Floating di Morel, a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
2009 - (pl-13) (DOWNLOAD) einen gegen - Doc Schoko
2009 - (pl-14) (DOWNLOAD) tranen + wolkchen ep - Doc Schoko
2009 - (pl-15) (DOWNLOAD, VIDEO & AUDIO) Doc Schoko: Oktopus im Pentagramm, a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
2010 - (pl-16) (DOWNLOAD) "o" - Baseline (band)
2010 - (pl-17) (DOWNLOAD) estado liquido - Baseline (band)
2010 - (pl-18) (DVD 9) Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows together with Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival
2010 - (pl-19) (DVD 9/DOWNLOAD) Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival together with Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows
2010 - (pl-20) (single 7") so far / it's a bit of pain - Faust (band) (first official re-issue of the original 1972 Polydor single)
2011 - (pl-21) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Gebrueder Teichman: Live at Maria
2012 - (pl-22) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Christy & Emily: Live at Klangbad Festival
2012 - (pl-23) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Camera: Live at HBC
2012 - (pl-24-31) (SILK SCREEN PRINTS & T-SHIRTS) Daniel Richter Edition for the documentary film "Franco's Settlers"
2012 - (pl-32) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Shadows of the Past: Franco's heritage in Spain
2012 - (pl-33) (DVD, VOD) Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film)
2013 - (pl-34) (LP, DOWNLOAD) Goal Less Play Floating di Morel
2013 - (pl-35) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Friedman & Liebezeit: Live at Festsaal Kreuzberg
2013 - (pl-36) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) FM Einheit & Irmler: Live at Berghain
1996 - Philadelphia UFVA Film Festival (Best Short Film: Bowl of Oatmeal)
1998 - Berlin Interfilm Eject (3rd Audience Award: Bowl of Oatmeal)
2003 - Melbourne Underground Film Festival (2nd Best Documentary Film: Reverend Billy)
2004 - Tarragona REC Film Festival (Audience Award Best Opera Prima: Reverend Billy)
2006 - Leeds Film Festival (Audience Pick: The Transatlantic Feedback)
2006 - Hessian Film Award (Nominated for Best Documentary Film: The Transatlantic Feedback)
2007 - San Francisco Berlin & Beyond Festival (2nd Audience Award: The Transatlantic Feedback)
2007 - Wurzburg Film Days (Audience Award Best Documentary Film: The Transatlantic Feedback)
2007 - Milan Doc Festival (Best Editing: The Transatlantic Feedback)
2008 - Adolf-Grimme Awards (Best Script & Best Direction: The Transatlantic Feedback)
2015 - Festival du Cinema Latino Americain de Montreal, Canada (Audience Award for the Best Documentary: Franco´s Settlers)
2014 - New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema, USA (Best Documentary Award: Franco´s Settlers)
