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'.

Directed

1. Chico & Rita (2010) — Director
2. Belle Époque (1992) — Director
3. Two Much (1995) — Director
4. Memories of My Father (2020) — Director
5. The Girl of Your Dreams (1998) — Director
6. The Queen of Spain (2016) — Director
7. Lumière & Company (1995) — Director
8. The Artist and the Model (2012) — Director
9. They Shot the Piano Player (2023) — Director
10. The Dancer and the Thief (2009) — Director
11. Twisted Obsession (1989) — Director
12. Haunted Heart (2024) — Director
13. Year of Enlightment (1986) — Director
14. Move Over, Mrs. Markham (1985) — Director
15. The Shanghai Spell (2002) — Director
16. Calle 54 (2000) — Director
17. Opera Prima (1980) — Director
18. The Miracle of Candeal (2004) — Director
19. Mientras el cuerpo aguante (1982) — Director
20. Coarse Salt (1984) — Director
21. The Lion in Love (1979) — Director
22. Black and White: Bebo & Cigala Live (2003) — Director
23. Tunait is de nait (1980) — Director
24. La mujer inesperada (1990) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law (1998) — Cura
2. The Oscars (1953) — Self
3. The Other Way Around (2024) — Padre de Ale
4. La resistencia (2018) — Invitado
5. Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2022) — Self
6. The Critic (2022) — Self
7. FFG, el último gran conversador (2021) — Self - Filmmaker
8. Pan y Circo (2020) — Self
9. Lo de Évole (2020)
10. Spanish Fly (1998) — Anthropologist
11. El último truco (2008) — Self
12. Un cine como tú en un país como éste (2010) — Himself
13. ¡Ay, Carmen! (2018) — Self - Filmmaker
14. Martínez y hermanos (2022) — Self - Guest
15. Stories of Our Cinema (2019) — Himself - Filmmaker
16. Berlanga!! (2021) — Self - Filmmaker
17. Aragón rodado (2014) — Self
18. Summers el rebelde (2024)
19. Rafael Azcona (2010) — Self
20. Luis García Berlanga: pasado, presente y futuro del cine español (2021) — Self - Filmmaker
21. Enrique Morente: flamenco impuro (2021) — Self
22. Miradas del cine español (2024)
23. Madame Cinéma (2018) — Himself
24. Equipo Crónica. Arte de trinchera (2025) — Self
25. Aquí (2026) — Dr. Ribeiro
26. Film surprise
27. Brindis por el cine español (1994) — Self
28. Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez (2017) — Self - Interviewee
29. Marcians (2017) — Self
30. Ciné regards (1978) — Self