Biography

Laura Pedro Albiol (Barcelona, ​​1989) is a Spanish visual effects supervisor. She is the first woman to win the Goya Award for Best Special Effects. She received the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in 2024. Laura Pedro initially wanted to be a cinematographer, but a motorcycle accident prevented her from pursuing that career. She studied visual effects at the ESCAC film school until 2013. After graduating, she joined the film company "El Ranchito" as a digital compositor, where she has worked as a VFX supervisor since 2016. She is openly lesbian. In 2023, she was included in Elle magazine's list of the 15 most important and influential lesbians in the world, ranking number 8.