Born in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain in 1972. He got a degree in Direction and Production at E.I.S. (Galician Official Audiovisual School) in 1994. During the 90s he worked as a free-lance scriptwriter for publicity, documentary and TV shows. He has written a book about the Spanish horror film director Amando de Ossorio, who was born in A Coruña, too. Now Calvo is colaborating with the Galician Film Archive (CGAI) in screening schedule.
