Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Barakaldo, 1978) studied Audiovisual Communication and English in the Basque Country. After graduating, she moved to Madrid where she graduated in Film Direction from ECAM in 2005. After graduating, she worked as an assistant director and continuity person until she made the leap to directing commercials in 2007. To date, she has combined her career in commercials with her more personal works in short films, which films have been selected for over 400 national and international festivals and have received more than 100 awards.
Cinco lobitos (Lullaby), her first feature film as a writer and director, has been selected for the Panorama section of the Berlinale (2022).