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Graduated with distinction in Audiovisual Communication at Carlos III University of Madrid in 2009, Ayuso made his debut as director with Evaluación Final (2011). That was produced by the acclaimed Zampanò P.C. (Juan and the Cloud (2014)) and obtained 14 international selections in festivals from Mexico, Chile or Ecuator.
In 2016, he released De-mente (2016), his second and more ambitious effort as director. Produced by Amania Films, and with a strong cast led by Ayuso's go-to-actor Sergio Sánchez Shaw and Malcolm Treviño-Sitté (of Pepe's Beach Bar (2014) fame), the short film was shown in well-regarded festivals as FANT Bilbao or Terror Film Festival and won a handful of awards. In that same year, he wrote the script for Extático (2016), directed by Azahara G. Martínez and premiered at 54th Gijon Film Festival; and served as executive producer for another two short films, Tiempos muertos (2017) and Villa Mnemósine (2016). His latest work is Extrema gravedad (2023) , a deeply dark comedy featuring comedian Álvaro Márquez and produced by ECPV, due to release in 2023.
Besides his work in fiction, he has built a reputation making avant-garde music videos for Spanish rock bands such as Dardem, for whom he has directed five pieces: Dardem: La Noche de San Juan (2013), Dardem: Alquímica (2016) Dardem: El Reloj (2017), Dardem: Gilipollas (2019) and Dardem: Canción de fe y devoción (2024). He has also worked with Nostalghia (Nostalghia: Nostalgia (2013), co-directed with Argentinian cinematographer Roberto Castelli), or Murmur (Murmur: Sol Invictus (2022), co-directed with his fellow associate Gómez).
When not busy making movies (or trying to), Ayuso serves as an accomplished storyboard artist and works as film and TV critic for Spanish magazines such as 'Vertele', 'Cine Divergente', ElDiario.es and 'Versión Original', among others, and contributes to several books on movies.
