Emilia Ruiz was born in Barcelona, Spain and lives in Paris. Director and screenwriter, she holds a Master's Degree in Cinematographic Direction from the European University Campus and San Miguel University in 2015. She is also producer of CLAVELITO Films, a production company she created in 2012, which promotes her short films. Her artistic career goes through a solid training of actress: Graduated in Technical Meisner by Javier Galitó-Cava and Rachel Adler, she also followed the teachings of John Strasberg, Alejandro Giles, Patrick Wengenroth, Guillermo Ghio, Kari Margolis, Alejandro Catalan, Joseph Alford, Bob McAndrew, Enrique Vargas, Christophe Marchand and Boris Rotenstein. Emilia has worked as an actress on various short films and plays in Spain. This training completed her explorations in the corporal field, since she already practiced dance (Flamenco, belly dance). She studied the Fitzmaurice method with Catherine Fitzmaurice, Linklater with Christine Adaire, and the Feldenkrais method, bioenergetics, as well as other movement and voice works.