Borja was born and raised in Madrid. After high school, he went to Universidad Complutense of Madrid to study
Broadcast and Comunnications. In 2007, he left Madrid for New York City
to attend New York Film Academy for a one-year filmmaking master.
Back in Spain he produced a terror film shot in English,
Ixtab (2011).
His teenage years of working at a video store finally turned into his
dream movie when he directed a low budget feature film about it called
10 pelis (2011).