Fernando Trueba

Director · Born January 18, 1955 · Madrid, Spain

Biography

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 the producer Andrés Vicente Gómez. He won the second Foreign Film Academy Award for Spain in 1993 with 'Belle Epoque'.

Directed 27

2020s

2026
Bajañí
Director
2024
Haunted Heart
Director
54
2023
They Shot the Piano Player
Director
2020
Memories of My Father
Director
72

2010s

2016
The Queen of Spain
Director
47
2012
The Artist and the Model
Director
2010
Chico & Rita
Director

2000s

2009
The Dancer and the Thief
Director
2004
The Miracle of Candeal
Director
2003
Black and White: Bebo & Cigala Live
Director
2002
The Shanghai Spell
Director
2000
Calle 54
Director

1990s

1998
The Girl of Your Dreams
Director
1995
Lumière & Company
Director
Two Much
Director
1992
Belle Époque
Director
76
1990
La mujer inesperada
Director

1980s

1989
Twisted Obsession
Director
54
1986
Year of Enlightment
Director
1985
Move Over, Mrs. Markham
Director
1984
Coarse Salt
Director
1982
Chicho o Mientras el cuerpo aguante (una comedia didáctica)
Director
1980
Opera Prima
Director
Tunait is de nait
Director

1970s

1979
The Lion in Love
Director
1976
The coffin
Assistant Director
1974
O documento
Assistant Director

Wrote 29

2020s

2024
Haunted Heart
Writer
54
2023
They Shot the Piano Player
Screenplay

2010s

2016
The Queen of Spain
Screenplay
47
2014
Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas
Script Consultant
55
2012
The Artist and the Model
Screenplay
2010
Chico & Rita
Writer

2000s

2009
The Dancer and the Thief
Screenplay
2002
The Shanghai Spell
Screenplay
2000
Calle 54
Writer

1990s

1995
Two Much
Screenplay
Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
Writer
1994
Las mujeres de mi vida
Writer
1992
Belle Époque
Story
76
1990
La mujer inesperada
Writer
La mujer fría
Writer
La mujer oriental
Writer

1980s

1989
Twisted Obsession
Screenplay
54
1988
Miss Caribe
Writer
1986
Year of Enlightment
Writer
1985
Move Over, Mrs. Markham
Screenplay
De tripas corazón
Writer
1984
Coarse Salt
Screenplay
1982
Chicho o Mientras el cuerpo aguante (una comedia didáctica)
Writer
A contratiempo
Writer
1980
Opera Prima
Screenplay
Erotic Stories
Writer
The Black Hand
Writer
Tunait is de nait
Writer

1970s

1979
The Lion in Love
Writer

Acted in 9

2020s

2027
Aquí
Dr. Ribeiro
2024
The Other Way Around
Padre de Ale
73
Summers el rebelde
Movie
Miradas del cine español
Movie
2020
Lo de Évole
TV

2010s

2018
La resistencia
Invitado · 1 episode
75

1990s

1998
Spanish Fly
Anthropologist
Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
Cura
67

No release date

Mariscal. La alegría de vivir
Movie

Produced 7

2000s

2003
Black and White: Bebo & Cigala Live
Producer, Executive Producer

1990s

1996
The Good Life
Producer
1990
La mujer de tu vida
Producer

1980s

1988
El juego más divertido
Executive Producer
1986
Lulú de noche
Producer
1985
De tripas corazón
Executive Producer
1981
Vecinos
Executive Producer

Sound 1

2000s

2003
Black and White: Bebo & Cigala Live
Music Producer

Created 1

1990s

1990
La mujer de tu vida
Creator

Appearances19

2020s

2025
Equipo Crónica. Arte de trinchera
Self
2022
The Critic
Self
63
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
82
Martínez y hermanos
Self - Guest · 1 episode
2021
Enrique Morente: flamenco impuro
Self
Berlanga!!
Self - Filmmaker
FFG, el último gran conversador
Self - Filmmaker
Luis García Berlanga: pasado, presente y futuro del cine español
Self - Filmmaker
2020
Pan y Circo
Self · 3 episodes