Born in Spain, yet having developed much of his career between Belgium and Los Angeles, he first stepped in the entertainment industry shortly after coming of age interviewing music stars for MTV. Setting base in Antwerp, and nurtured by the prominent arts and fashion scene there, he next consulted for cutting-edge brands and youth-oriented media, soon stepping up the ladder to become creative director on international campaigns at the intersection of art, music, fashion and technology, for avant-garde brands, artists and public and private cultural institutions all over Europe.

Most notably, he worked as Creative Director for the iconic ‘Fashion Against AIDS’ campaign, a 5-year-long global fundraiser in collaboration with Swedish fashion giant H&M, featuring megastars the likes of Rihanna, Katy Perry, Yoko Ono and Pharrell Williams - amongst other 50 other world-class acts - to create safe sex awareness amongst the youth. The campaign, distributed in 41 countries, became the vehicle to raise over 10 million US dollars for youth organizations worldwide. Barcala received a Leonardo Da Vinci Excellence European Award for young entrepreneurs under 25, and F.A.A. became a benchmark for socially-conscious lifestyle campaigns around the globe ever since.

His experience working in premier studios the world over - in collaboration with some of the best talents of the day - fueled his interest in writing and directing audiovisual content, relocating next to Los Angeles, where he became recipient of a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Fellowship.

He graduated with distinction in Film Directing at the trailblazing Art Center College of Design, learning the ropes directly from some of his film heroes, which set him on his path to write and direct audiovisual content from then on.

Ever since, he has created his own content in multiple forms and received commercial and artistic commissions from all over Europe, U.S. and Asia, and, as of 2022, he’s in development of his first fiction film.