Javier Fésser was born in Madrid in 1964 and is a graduate of Visual Sciences at Complutense University of Madrid.

He discovered cinematography making films in Super 8 mm and in 1986 he founded Linea Films, specializing in commercial spots, which led him into the world of filmmaking. In April 1992 he established Películas Pendelton, jointly with Luis Manso, in order to take on cinematographic projects, his true vocation.

The first two works he wrote and directed, Aquel Ritmillo (1995) and El Secdleto de la Trompeta (1996), became the two most awarded Spanish shorts, including the 1995 GOYA. At Christmas 1998, his first feature film was premiered: El Milagro De P Tinto, viewed by 1,300,000 spectators and winner of the GOYA for Best Visual Effects and nominated for another for Best New Director. In February 2003 he presented his second feature: La Gran Aventura de Mortadelo y Filemon, which won five Goya awards in 2004 and was seen by over 5,500,000 spectators.

Fésser is the creator of countless pieces for Internet, such as the 14‑chapter series Javi y Lucy, premiered in December 2000 and registering over two million downloads from the net.

In 2005, he wrote and directed Binta y La Gran Idea, a short film shot is Senegal in collaboration with UNICEF that has won 88 awards at international film festivals and was nominated for an OSCAR in 2007. This film deals with the issue of girls' education, and forms part of the full-length film En El Mundo a Cada Rato.

Fésser is also one of the authors of Notodofilmfest, a festival that has become a reference for short films on Internet and which is currently preparing its seventh edition.

In the year 2006, Fésser published his short novel Tres Días en el Valle [Three days in the valley] and produced Candida, his brother Guillermo Fésser's first film, in which he also co-authors the script.

Camino is Fésser's third feature film, of which he is screenwriter, director, producer and editor.