David Serrano (filmmaker)

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| image = (David Serrano) Clausura del Festival CIBRA 03 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Serrano in November 2023

| birth_name = David Serrano de la Peña

| birth_place = Madrid, Spain

| birth_date = 1975

| occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|film director|producer|playwright|television director}}

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David Serrano de la Peña (born 1975) is a Spanish filmmaker as well as writer and adapter of musical stage plays.

Biography

David Serrano de la Peña was born in Madrid in 1975.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/mas_actualidad/cultura/esta_obra_cuenta_una_historia_muy_universal.html|website=Diario de Navarra|title=Esta obra cuenta una historia muy universal|date=2 July 2011|first=Leire|last=Escalada}} He penned the screenplay of the box-office hit The Other Side of the Bed, a 2002 musical comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro, also taking over writing duties of its 2005 sequel, The 2 Sides of the Bed.{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/60862/|website=Cineuropa|title=Los 2 lados de la cama|first=Carlo|last=D'Ursi|date=10 December 2005}} His feature film directorial debut was the 2003 comedy Football Days,{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/play/cine/abci-david-serrano-debuta-como-directorde-cine-dias-futbol-200309110300-206932_noticia.html|website=ABC|date=11 September 2003|title=David Serrano debuta como director de cine con 'Días de fútbol'}} earning a nomination for the Goya Award for Best New Director.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2003/12/10/actualidad/1071010804_850215.html|date=10 December 2003|title=Candidaturas a los premios Goya 2003|website=El País}} He has since directed Cinema Days (2007), With or Without Love (2010), We Need to Talk (2016),{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/estrenos-del-26-de-febrero-tenemos-que-hablar-2244|website=Aisge|title=Los estrenos del 26 de febrero. Tenemos que hablar|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|date=25 February 2016}} and Voy a pasármelo bien (2022).{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/sony-pictures-el-estudio-hombre-g-musical-pic-1235121874/|website=Variety|title=Sony Pictures International Prods, El Estudio Set Hombres G Film, ‘Voy a Pasarmelo Bien’ (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Anne Marie|last=De la Fuente|date=30 November 2021}}

In addition to his work in the film industry, Serrano has also written and adapted musical plays such as Hoy no me puedo Levantar (writer), Billy Elliot (adapter), and {{ill|Más de cien mentiras|es}} (writer),{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/10/03/eps/1506981951_150698.html|date=3 October 2017|first=Mónica|last=Luengo Montero|title=David Serrano, el refundador del musical|website=El País}} as well as directed episodes of the 2019 comedy television series Vota Juan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/butaca/series-tv/vota-juan-acida-critica-vicios-politica-tnt-javier-camara-20190128150052-ntrc.html|website=El Correo|title='Vota Juan', una ácida crítica a los vicios de la política|date=28 January 2019|first=Iker|last=Cortés|access-date=30 January 2022|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103125837/https://www.elcorreo.com/butaca/series-tv/vota-juan-acida-critica-vicios-politica-tnt-javier-camara-20190128150052-ntrc.html|url-status=dead}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Title ! Year ! Director ! Writer ! Notes
2002 \| Al otro lado de la cama \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|
2003 \| Días de fútbol \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
2005 \| Los 2 lados de la cama \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|
2007 \| Días de cine \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
2010 \| Una hora más en Canarias \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
rowspan=2\| 2016 \| Tenemos que hablar \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
El pregón \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|
2022 \|Voy a pasármelo bien \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Title

! Year

! Director

! Writer

! Notes

2002

| Al otro lado de la cama

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

2003

| Días de fútbol