Josep M. Català has a PhD in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, a Bachelor’s Degree in Modern and Contemporary History from the Universidad de Barcelona, and a Master of Fine Arts in Film Theory from San Francisco State University in California. He has been Professor of the Faculty of Information Sciences in the Universidad Autónoma of Guadalajara, México, and Instructor in San Francisco State University’s Film Department. He has worked as producer in diverse national and international television channels. He is currently Chair of Audiovisual Communication in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where he teaches Visual Studies, and also academic director of the Master in Creative Documentary Film. He has been the dean of the UAB’s Communications Sciences Faculty from 2010 to 2016.