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Fernando Trueba

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  • Writer
  • Director
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Fernando Trueba
A budding pianist and his young chanteuse lover hit the jazz-bebop scenes on their way from Cuba to New York.
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Trueba studied Imagen 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.
BornJanuary 18, 1955
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BornJanuary 18, 1955
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 35 wins & 32 nominations total

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Director Fernando Trueba with Paquito D'Rivera

Known for

Belle Epoque (1992)
Belle Epoque
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1992
Eman Xor Oña and Limara Meneses in Chico & Rita (2010)
Chico & Rita
7.2
  • Writer
  • 2010
Jeff Goldblum, Miranda Richardson, and Liza Walker in Twisted Obsession (1989)
Twisted Obsession
5.3
  • Writer
  • 1989
Abel Ayala in The Dancer and the Thief (2009)
The Dancer and the Thief
6.1
  • Writer
  • 2009

Credits

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Producer

  • Haunted Heart
    • producer
    • Post-production
  • Old Man Bebo (2008)
    Old Man Bebo
    • executive producer
    • 2008
  • Wit (2004)
    Wit
    • executive producer
    • Video
    • 2004
  • Blanco y negro (2003)
    Blanco y negro
    • executive producer
    • 2003
  • Calle 54 (2000)
    Calle 54
    • producer
    • 2000
  • Lucía Jiménez and Fernando Ramallo in The Good Life (1996)
    The Good Life
    • producer
    • 1996
  • La mujer de tu vida 2 (1994)
    La mujer de tu vida 2
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1994
  • Sublet (1992)
    Sublet
    • executive producer
    • 1992
  • Magicians of the Earth: Senis Children
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1992
  • Magicians of the Earth: The Giant Woman and the Lightning Man
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1992
  • Magicians of the Earth: Kings of the Water
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1991
  • Butterfly Wings (1991)
    Butterfly Wings
    • associate producer
    • 1991
  • Magicians of the Earth: A Young Man's Dream and a Woman's Secret
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • La mujer de tu vida (1990)
    La mujer de tu vida
    • producer
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 1990
  • El juego más divertido (1988)
    El juego más divertido
    • executive producer
    • 1988
  • Imanol Arias in Lulú de noche (1986)
    Lulú de noche
    • producer
    • 1986

Writer

  • They Shot the Piano Player
    • Writer
    • Post-production
  • Haunted Heart
    • writer
    • Post-production
  • The Queen of Spain (2016)
    The Queen of Spain
    • Writer
    • 2016
  • The Artist and the Model (2012)
    The Artist and the Model
    • Writer
    • 2012
  • Versus (2011)
    Versus
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Café de Colombia (2011)
    Café de Colombia
    • idea
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Eman Xor Oña and Limara Meneses in Chico & Rita (2010)
    Chico & Rita
    • written by
    • 2010
  • Abel Ayala in The Dancer and the Thief (2009)
    The Dancer and the Thief
    • screenplay
    • 2009
  • Ariadna Gil in El embrujo de Shanghai (2002)
    El embrujo de Shanghai
    • Writer
    • 2002
  • Calle 54 (2000)
    Calle 54
    • Writer
    • 2000
  • La Niña De Tus Ojos (1998)
    La Niña De Tus Ojos
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1998
  • Suspiros de España (y Portugal) (1995)
    Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
    • Writer
    • 1995
  • Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, and Daryl Hannah in Two Much (1995)
    Two Much
    • screenplay
    • 1995
  • La mujer de tu vida 2 (1994)
    La mujer de tu vida 2
    • story
    • TV Series
    • 1994
  • El trio en mi bemoll
    • adaptation
    • TV Movie
    • 1993
  • Belle Epoque (1992)
    Belle Epoque
    • story
    • 1992
  • La mujer de tu vida (1990)
    La mujer de tu vida
    • story
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1990

Director

  • They Shot the Piano Player
    • Director
    • Post-production
  • Haunted Heart
    • Director
    • Post-production
  • Memories of My Father (2020)
    Memories of My Father
    • Director
    • 2020
  • The Queen of Spain (2016)
    The Queen of Spain
    • Director
    • 2016
  • The Artist and the Model (2012)
    The Artist and the Model
    • Director
    • 2012
  • Eman Xor Oña and Limara Meneses in Chico & Rita (2010)
    Chico & Rita
    • Director
    • 2010
  • Abel Ayala in The Dancer and the Thief (2009)
    The Dancer and the Thief
    • Director
    • 2009
  • Estrella Morente: Mujeres
    • Director (music video)
    • Music Video
    • 2006
  • El milagro de Candeal (2004)
    El milagro de Candeal
    • Director
    • 2004
  • Blanco y negro (2003)
    Blanco y negro
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Ariadna Gil in El embrujo de Shanghai (2002)
    El embrujo de Shanghai
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Calle 54 (2000)
    Calle 54
    • Director
    • 2000
  • La Niña De Tus Ojos (1998)
    La Niña De Tus Ojos
    • Director
    • 1998
  • Ce n'est qu'un pas (1997)
    Lumière sur un massacre
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1996
  • Lumière and Company (1995)
    Lumière and Company
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, and Daryl Hannah in Two Much (1995)
    Two Much
    • Director
    • 1995
  • El trio en mi bemoll
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1993
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Personal details

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  • Born
    • January 18, 1955
    • Madrid, Spain
  • Spouse
    • Cristina Huete
  • Children
    • Jonás Trueba
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    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Brother of Máximo Trueba and David Trueba.
  • Quotes
    Quote on receiving the 1994 Oscar for Best Foreign Film (Belle Epoque (1992)): "I would like to believe in God in order to thank Him. But I just believe in Billy Wilder, so thank you, Mr. Wilder".

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