{{short description|Spanish visual effects artist (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Family name hatnote|Pedro|Albiol|lang=Spanish}}{{Infobox person | name = Laura Pedro | image = Goyas 2024 - Laura Pedro.jpg | image_size = | caption = Pedro in 2024 | birth_name = Laura Pedro Albiol | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1989}} | birth_place = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | occupation = Visual effects supervisor | years_active = | spouse = | children = }} '''Laura Pedro Albiol''' (born 1989) is a Spanish visual effects supervisor. She is the first woman to win the Goya Award for Best Special Effects.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://shangay.com/2019/12/27/laura-pedro-goya-superlopez-lgtbi-entrevista-shangay/|title=Laura Pedro: "No he tenido problemas en el trabajo por ser lesbiana. Vamos, lo que me faltaba"|accessdate=2024-03-01|last=Gasca|first=Joaquín|date=2019-12-27|website=Shangay|language=es}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news|title=Los 6 momentos más LGTBI de los premios Goya 2019|url=https://shangay.com/2019/02/04/goya-lgtbi-2019-cine/|publisher=Shangay|date=2019-02-04|accessdate=2024-03-01|language=es-ES|first=Pablo|last=Carrasco de Juanas}}</ref>
==Biography== Pedro initially wanted to be a camera operator, but a motorcycle accident prevented her from doing so. She studied visual effects at the ESCAC film school until 2013. After completing her studies, she joined the film company “El Ranchito” as a digital composer, where she has worked as a VFX supervisor since 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elranchito.es/about/our-team/laura-pedro/|title=Laura Pedro|website=elranchito.es}}</ref>
Pedro is openly lesbian.<ref name=":0" /> In 2023, she was included in the list of the 15 most important and influential lesbians in the world by Elle magazine, in 8th place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/es/living/ocio-cultura/g39639244/lesbianas-mas-importantes-mundo-espana-orgullo-lgtbi/|title=Las 15 lesbianas más influyentes del mundo|accessdate=2024-03-01|last=Alonso|first=Begoña|date=2023-10-24|website=ELLE|language=es-ES}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations== Pedro was awarded the Goya (alongside Lluis Rivera) and the Gaudí Award for her special effects work in ''Superlópez'', a 2018 film directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telecinco.es/noticias/cultura/superlopez-ganadores-premios-goya-efectos-especiales_18_2701650004.html|title='Superlópez', Goya a los mejores efectos especiales, en la noche del cine español|accessdate=2024-03-01|date=2019-02-03|website=Telecinco}}</ref> and also received a Goya for Way Down (2021). She received another Gaudí for Un año, una noche (2022). She received the European Film Award for La sociedad de la nieve (2023), and her third Goya award in 2024 for the same film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/38-edicion/nominaciones/por-categoria/|title=Películas » Premios Goya 2024|accessdate=2024-01-04|website=www.premiosgoya.com}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Films === * 2016: ''Un monstruo viene a verme'' * 2017: ''Piel fría'' * 2018: ''Superlópez'' * 2019: ''Quien a hierro mata'' * 2020: ''Malnazidos'' * 2021: ''Way Down'' * 2022: ''Un año, una noche'' * 2023: ''La sociedad de la nieve''
=== Series ===
* ''¡García!''
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pedro, Laura}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Artists from Barcelona Category:Visual effects supervisors Category:Spanish lesbian artists Category:Goya Award winners Category:LGBTQ people from Catalonia Category:21st-century Spanish women artists Category:21st-century Spanish LGBTQ people