Artur Balder

Artur Balder
Artur Balder at the set of Little Spain
Born	Artur Balder Alicante, Spain
Residence	Meatpacking District, Lower Manhattan
Nationality	United States
Citizenship	United States
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	1998–present
Website	http://www.arturbalder.us/

Artur Balder (born August 14, 1974) is a Spanish American filmmaker and writer. As a director and producer he is a two-times recipient of the New York Latin ACE Awards , and his work has been honored by the New York City-based Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors.

In September 2004 he published his first literary work,The Monarch Stone, a children fantasy novel set in the early Middle Ages. Rights were acquired by Random House, and the novel was published again by Random House Penguin Group in 2011. Additionally Random House published the series Curdy, three books for young adults.

In 2008 he emigrated to the United States, settling in the city of New York.

Artur Balder is the author of several children books, published and internationally distributed by Random House in Spain and South America. His historical fiction sagas, published by Edhasa, are inspired by Germanic heroes like Arminius in the times of ancient Rome, or the saxon duke Widukind, who led a rebellion during early Middle Ages against emperor Charlemagne. His books are translated into several languages. Among others: Dutch,Italian,French,Romanian,Polish,Catalonian,English,Chinese.

His best known literary work is the series Saga of Teutoburg of Roman Military fiction. Story is set in the territories of the Roman Empire at the boundaries of Germania Magna, covering the Roman conquest of Germania and the subsequent prolonged campaign undertaken by the Julio-Claudian dynasty. To date there are four books in the series. It is the longest and most extensive fictional work about the Germanic hero Arminius the Cheruscan. The work centers its attention in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest and its consequences. All four episodes of the Saga of Teutoburg were distinguished as lifetime sacred text of Ásatrú religion by Odinist Community of Spain — Ásatrú, Spain, 2014.