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Fernando Trueba
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Fernando Trueba is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer, and actor born in Madrid in 1955. He was educated at the Complutense University of Madrid and began his work period in 1974. Trueba has worked in Spain and is the spouse of Cristina Huete. He is the sibling of David Trueba and the parent of Jonás Trueba.
His notable works include *They Shot the Piano Player*, *El sueño del mono loco*, *Diez horas con Fernando Trueba*, *Belle epoque*, and *The Queen of Spain*. Trueba has received the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and the Silver Shell for Best Director. He has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the European Film Award for Best Documentary, and the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- They Shot the Piano Player
- El sueño del mono loco
- Diez horas con Fernando Trueba
- Belle epoque
- The Queen of Spain
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Film & TV
Madrid, Spain
Trueba studied Cinematography at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, was cinema critic for the newspaper 'El País' and for 'La Guía del Ocio' and also founded the journal "Casablanca". At the movies his first success was 'Opera Prima' (1980) following the style of the "comedia madrileña". He had major success with 'Sé infiel y no mires con quién' (1985) starting a longer colaboration with…
Known for
- Aquí — Dr. Ribeiro2026
- Equipo Crónica. Arte de trinchera — Self2025
- Miradas del cine español2024
- Summers el rebelde2024
- The Other Way Around — Padre de Ale2024
- Film: The Living Record of Our Memory — Self2022
- The Critic — Self2022
- Martínez y hermanos — Self - Guest2022
- FFG, el último gran conversador — Self - Filmmaker2021
- Berlanga!! — Self - Filmmaker2021
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Fernando Rodríguez Trueba , ( 1955-01-18 ) 18 January 1955 (age 71) , Madrid , Spain
- Occupations
- Producer film director screenwriter
- Years active
- 1974–present
- Spouse
- Cristina Huete
- Children
- Jonás Trueba
- Relatives
- David Trueba (brother) Manuel Huete (father-in-law)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fernando
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Madrid
- Spouse
- Cristina Huete
- Child
- Jonás Trueba
- Occupation
- animator
- Educated at
- Complutense University of Madrid
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Official website
- www.fernandotrueba.com
- Image
- Fernando Trueba Press Conference The Queen of Spain Berlinale 2017.jpg
- Work location
- Spain
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- Commons category
- Fernando Trueba
- date of birth
- 1955-01-18
- name in native language
- Fernando Trueba
- birth name
- Fernando Rodriguez Trueba
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Fernando Trueba
- has works in the collection
- Eye Filmmuseum
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish filmmaker, writer, producer and book editor.
Career
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