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

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- Full name
- Fernando Rodriguez Trueba.
- Born
- 1955. · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, film producer, actor, director and animator.
- Education
- Complutense University of Madrid.
- Honours
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film, Silver Shell for Best Director and Gaudí Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish filmmaker, writer, producer and book editor.
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Fernando Trueba (born 1955) is an actor, animator and director, among other activities, of Spanish nationality. The actor was born Fernando Rodriguez Trueba in Madrid.
Fernando Trueba was educated at Complutense University of Madrid. The actor worked in Spain.
Languages used include Spanish. Works are held at Eye Filmmuseum. Honours include Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film and Gaudí Award for Best Animated Feature Film, among others.
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Career
Career
Fernando Trueba studied at Complutense University of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Spain. Positions recorded include President of the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences. Work by Fernando Trueba is recorded in the collections of Eye Filmmuseum. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film, Silver Shell for Best Director and Gaudí Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
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
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
Personal life
He is the elder brother of David Trueba. He is married to producer Cristina Huete, and he is the father of director Jonás Trueba.
Documentary
Documentary
Executive producer Blanco y Negro (2003) Wit (2004) Old Man Bebo (2008)
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
2000
Calle Una Pelicula De Fernando Trueba is dated 2000.
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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)

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Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara · Fernando Trueba 01

Fernando Trueba with Ni Jing directors Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi in Gijon International Film Festival 2014
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q381934: Fernando Trueba
Reputable secondary · Wikidata
- “Fernando Trueba”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Fernando Trueba: rewriting the pedagogy of Spanish transnational musical narratives, Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, 2015
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2015
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- 1.Boquerini. Una debut prima llamada 'Ópera prima'. El Correo. 8 April 2022.
- 2.Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners. berlinale.de.
- 3.The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners. oscars.org.
- 4.Berlinale: 1999 Programme. berlinale.de.
- 5.10. Kecskeméti Animációs Filmfesztivál 7. Európai Animációs Játékfilm Fesztivál . Kecskeméti Animáció Film Fesztivál. 2011.
- 6.Fernando Trueba: "Las películas me eligen". EFE. 27 January 2022.
- 7.Albert, Antonio. La reina de Trueba no es Penélope, es Cristina Huete. El Español. 3 December 2016.
- 8.Jonás Trueba continúa la saga familiar convertido en uno de los jóvenes directores de cine del momento. ¡Hola!. 9 October 2015.
- 9.Barraclough, Leo. Film Constellation Boards ‘Haunted Heart’ By Oscar Winner Fernando Trueba (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 9 September 2022.
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Fernando Trueba: rewriting the pedagogy of Spanish transnational musical narratives, Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, 2015Crossref registry
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