Fernando Trueba

Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish filmmaker, writer, producer and book editor.

Career Between 1974 and 1979, Trueba worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper El País. In 1980, he founded the monthly film magazine Casablanca, which he edited and directed during its first two years. He is the author of Diccionario (Planeta 1997, Plot 2004, Galaxia Guttenberg 2006) and the editor of Diccionario del Jazz Latino (SGAE, 1998).

Accolades Among other awards, he has won the Goya Award as Best Director three times and a Silver Bear for Year of Enlightment at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. Miracle of Candeal won the Goya for Best Documentary, and Chico and Rita won the Goya for Best Feature Animation. In 1994, Trueba accepted the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film on behalf of Spain for Belle Époque. In 1999, The Girl of Your Dreams was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2011 he won the Award of the Hungarian National Student Jury for Chico and Rita at the 7th Festival of European Animated Feature Films and TV Specials.

As a music producer he has won two Grammy Awards and four Latin Grammy Awards.

Personal life He is the elder brother of David Trueba. He is married to producer , and he is the father of director Jonás Trueba.

Filmography

Film Feature Film Year Film DirectorWriter Notes1980 Opera prima La Mano Negra 1982 A Contratiempo 1983 Sal gorda 1985 Sé infiel y no mires con quién De tripas corazón 1986 El año de las luces 1988 Miss Caribe 1989 Twisted Obsession 1992 Belle Époque 1995 Two Much Suspiros de España (y Portugal) 1998 La Niña De Tus Ojos 2002 El Embrujo de Shangai 2009 El Baile de la Victoria 2010 Chico and Rita Co-directed with Tono Errando and Javier Mariscal 2012 El Artista y la Modelo 2016 La reina de España 2020 Forgotten We'll Be 2023 They Shot the Piano Player Co-directed with Javier Mariscal 2024 Haunted Heart

Producer only YearFilmRole 1981 Vecinos Executive producer 1986 Lulú de noche Producer 1988 El Juego Más Divertido Executive producer 1991 Alas de Mariposa Associate producer 1992 Sublet Executive producer 1996 La Buena Vida Producer

Short films Year Film Director Writer Producer Notes 1974 Oscar y Carlos 1978 En Legítima Defensa 1979 Homenage à trois El León Enamorado 1980KoñensonatenSegment of the anthology film "Cuentos Eróticos"Tunait is de nait 1982 Oscar y Carlos 82 2011 Café de Colombia Versus

Documentary Year Film DirectorProducer Writer 1982 Mientras El Cuerpo Aguante 1995 Lumière and Company 2000 Calle 54 2004 El Milagro de Candeal Executive producer Blanco y Negro (2003) Wit (2004) Old Man Bebo (2008)

Television Year Film Director Writer Producer Notes 1990 La Mujer de Tu Vida Directed 1 episode; wrote 2 episodes and the story only for 1 episode; produced 4 episodes and executive produced 2 episodes 1990-1992 Magicians of the Earth TV documentary series; 4 episodes 1993 El Trio en Mi Bemoll TV movie 1994 La Mujer de tu Vida 2 Worte the story for 1 episode; Executive produced 5 episodes and produced 2 episodes. 1996 Lumiere Sur Un Massacre Directed 1 episode

Discography as music producer 2000: Calle 54 (Soundtrack) 2002: Lágrimas Negras (Bebo & Cigala') 2003: We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together (Bebo Valdés & Federico Britos) 2004: Bebo de Cuba (Bebo Valdés) 2005: Bebo (Bebo Valdés) 2006: Paz (Niño Josele) 2007: Live at the Village Vanguard (Bebo Valdés & Javier Colina) 2008: Juntos Para Siempre (Bebo Valdés & Chucho Valdés) 2009: Caribe - Michel Camilo Big Band (Michel Camilo) 2010: Española (Niño Josele)