Spain

ICAA

Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales

National Film Agency · Madrid

Spain's top-level government film body (founded 1985), programming national policy for production, distribution and exhibition, administering grants and incentives, and running the Filmoteca Española. Its mandate explicitly includes helping train professionals in cinematographic specialties; it is the regulatory authority above all film labour in Spain, including stunt and action workers.

Spain Film Commission

Film-Commission Network · Spain

Launched 2001, the not-for-profit association coordinating Spain's network of ~48 regional and city film commissions. It markets Spain as a shooting destination and publishes the tax-incentive and crew information that draws international action productions — the umbrella relevant to anyone hiring stunt and SFX crews across the country. Its board includes Netflix and Amazon MGM Studios.

Andalucía Film Commission

Regional Film Commission · Almería / Andalusia

The regional commission for Andalusia (since 1998, 25,000+ productions supported), covering Almería and the Tabernas Desert — Europe's largest desert and the home of the 1960s–70s spaghetti westerns, where 300-plus films have shot and the western-action tradition lives on at Mini Hollywood / Fort Bravo. The most stunt-relevant regional commission: westerns, riding and gunfight work anchor Almería's action heritage.

In Extremis Film Services

Stunts & SFX · Barcelona

Founded 2012, one of Spain's leading houses combining stunts and physical SFX under one roof — atmospheric effects, controlled explosions and fire, rigging, airbags, air ramps and car spinners — plus a stunt-representation agency and action-design department. Credits span Spanish and international features and series (Sirat, El 47, Modélo 77, REC 4, Feria). Co-founder of the ESCAC Action Academy. Instagram @inextremisfilmservices.

NOIDENTITY

Especialistas de Cine

Stunt Team · Madrid / Sevilla

Founded 2007 and directed by Joaquín Ortega — director, action coordinator and stunt performer trained at Cinecittà and a member of the US Taurus World Stunt Academy. NOIDENTITY works across film, TV, theatre, advertising and live events with a per-action roster of specialists, plus a production arm and the NIAFFS action-film festival. One of Spain's most established teams. Instagram @noidentityfilms.

Stunts.es

Ignacio Álvarez

Action Direction & Stunts · Madrid

The company of action director, coordinator and stunt performer Ignacio Álvarez (~40 years' experience, including 20 unionised in Hollywood / SAG / IATSE Local 44). Provides 2nd-unit / action direction, coordination, stunt performers, certified rigging and wire systems, adapted vehicles and fire suits, plus training. Coordinator credits include Celda 211, REC and Biutiful.

ESCAC Action Academy

University Stunt Academy · Barcelona

A collaboration between film school ESCAC and In Extremis Film Services (opened 2021), billed as the world's only university-certified stunt-specialist programme. The two-year course teaches high falls, armed and unarmed combat, firearms, fire sequences and underwater stunts, using a ~2.5-million-litre filming water tank up to 10 m deep — described as Europe's largest. The standout, most credentialed stunt-training pathway in Spain. Instagram @escac.

Escuela de Especialistas Ángel Plana

Stunt School (first in Spain) · Madrid

Founded by stunt double and coordinator Ángel Plana in the early 1990s — the first stunt school created in Spain, recognised with an IRIS Award. Its course covers precision driving, motorcycle, equestrian work, diving, wind-tunnel skydiving, risk prevention and action acting, with an “Equipo Élite” team and the “Valkirias Stunts” women's group. Link is its Instagram (its website is currently partly compromised). Instagram @angelplanaespecialistas.

Escuela Nacional de Especialistas

Asociación Nacional de Especialistas de Cine · Rojo Stunt Team

Stunt School & Team · Madrid

The school and team of veteran coordinator José Antonio Rojo (“Antorcha Humana”), a Guinness record-holder for full-body fire stunts. Its nine-month annual course plus intensives cover stage fighting, professional weapons handling, full-body fire, abseiling, falls, wire work and SFX impacts, feeding graduates into the Rojo team's job pool — a long-running, hands-on Madrid pathway distinct from the ESCAC route.