Fernando Trueba

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'.

Known For

Aquí 2026
The Other Way Around 2024 ★ 6.4
Summers el rebelde 2024 ★ 6.0
Miradas del cine español 2024
Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law 1998 ★ 6.5
Spanish Fly 1998 ★ 3.2