David Trueba

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| birth_name = David Rodríguez Trueba

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|09|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Madrid, Spain

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David Rodríguez Trueba (born 10 September 1969) is a Spanish filmmaker and author.

Biography

David Rodríguez Trueba was born on 10 September 1969 in Madrid,{{Cite web|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/cultura/trueba-y-tierra-de-campos-alla-por-donde-no-pasan-coches/10005-3265671|website=EFE|date=13 May 2017|title=Trueba y Tierra de Campos, allá por donde no pasan coches}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/100639/0/Trueba/pelicula/recrea/|website=20minutos.es|date=17 March 2006|title=David Trueba «La película recrea la pelea diaria de ir haciéndose mayor»}} the youngest of 8 siblings.{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/ser/2014/09/30/television/1412044526_850215.html|website=Cadena SER|date=30 September 2004|title=David Trueba: "Al lado del dinero y del gran presupuesto vienen las condiciones"}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/delibros/david-trueba-ganarse-la-vida_0_1534346674.html|website=Diario de Sevilla|title=Nacido escritor en una familia numerosa|date=3 January 2021|first=Patricia|last=Godino}} His elder brother Fernando is also a filmmaker.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1996/12/06/cultura/849826805_850215.html|website=El País|date=6 December 1996|title=David Trueba dice que procura no mutar a los maestros del cine|first=Amelia|last=Castilla}} In 1987, he joined the Complutense University of Madrid to study journalism.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2012-04-14/las-cinco-peliculas-que-definen-la-espana-posterior-a-la-transicion_501821/|website=El Confidencial|title=Las cinco películas que definen la España posterior a la Transición|first=Héctor G.|last=Barnés|date=14 April 2022}} He later took a 1-year course on scriptwriting at the American Film Institute, where he penned the base script of The Worst Years of Our Lives.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20211221/pagina-dos-entrevista-david-trueba/2241940.shtml|website=rtve.es|date=21 December 2021|title=David Trueba: «Una campaña electoral es un espectáculo, una estrategia de seducción}}

He is the ex-husband of actress Ariadna Gil.

He has published the novels Abierto toda la noche, Cuatro amigos and Saber perder in Anagrama.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2010/01/03/radiotv/1262473202_850215.html|website=El País|date=3 January 2010|title=David Trueba se incorpora a la crítica televisiva de EL PAÍS}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Director

!Writer

! Notes

1991

| Quiero que sea él

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Short film

1992

| Amo tu cama rica

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

1994

|Los peores años de nuestra vida

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

1995

| Two Much

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

1996

| The Good Life

| {{yes}}

1997

| Perdita Durango

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

1998

| La niña de tus ojos

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan=2| 2000

| Vengo

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Obra maestra

| {{yes}}

2002

| Soldados de Salamina

| {{yes}}

| Also editor

2006

| Bienvenido a Casa

| {{yes}}

rowspan=2| 2011

| Madrid, 1987

| {{yes}}

| Also composer

Los Muertos No Se Tocan, Nene

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

2013

| Vivir es Fácil Con Los Ojos Cerrados

| {{yes}}

2018

| Casi 40

| {{yes}}

rowspan=2| 2020

| El Olvido Que Seremos

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

A Este Lado Del Mundo

| {{yes}}

2023

| Saben aquell

| {{yes}}

2024

|El Hombre Bueno

| {{yes}}

|Siempre es invierno

| {{yes}}

|Also based on his novel
In production

= Documentary=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

! Director

! Writer

! Notes

2003

| Balseros

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

2004

| Cerrar los Ojos

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Segment from the episodic political documentary "¡Hay Motivo!!"

2006

| La silla de Fernando

| {{yes}}

| Co-directed with Luis Alegre
Also editor

2011

| Positive Generation: Voces Por Un Futuro Sin Vida

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2013

| El Cuadro

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2015

| Monólogos de Montaigne por Ramon Fontseré

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

2016

| Salir de Casa

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Also producer

2019

| Si Me Borrara El Viento Lo Que Yo Canto

| {{yes}}

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Director

!Writer

! Notes

1991

| ¡Felicidades, Albert!

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| TV special

1993

| El Peor Programa del Mundo

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 5 episodes

1995

| IX Premios Goya

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| TV special

2007

| Rafael Azcona, Oficio de Guionista

| {{yes}}

| TV Interview to Rafael Azcona

2009

| La Ciudad de las Palabras

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

2010

| ¿Que Fue de Jorge Sanz?

| {{yes}}

| TV Mini-Series

2013

| Un Lugar Llamado Mundo

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| TV Documentary Mini-Series

2016

| ¿Que Fue de Jorge Sanz?: 5 Años Después

| {{yes}}

| rowspan=2| TV Movie

2017

| ¿Que Fue de Jorge Sanz? III

| {{yes}}

2022

| La Sagrada Familia

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| TV Mini-series Documentary

2023

| Sofia y la vida real

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| TV Mini-series Documentary
Co-directed with Jordi Ferreons

2024

|Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen

|{{yes}}

| TV Interview to Woody Allen

=Music Videos=

Director

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

! Artist

1995

| El Lado Más Bestia del Mundo

| rowspan=2| Albert Pla

2004

| Suponne Follosa

2006

| Beautiful Señoritas

| Top Models

2007

| Sé Feliz

| Luz Cascal

2009

| Fuera de Aquí

| Ondrina

2014

|Universos Paralelos

| Jorge Drexler

rowspan=2|2015

| 'Dança Tribal' (Imagining Miró)

|Ignasi Terraza Trio

Not in Love

| Maika Makovski

2020

|A Este Lado del Mundo

| Ondina

Bibliography

=Fiction=

Abierto Toda La Noche (1995)
Artículos de Ocasión (1998)
Cuatro Amigos (1999)
Saber Perder (2008)
Blitz (2014) - 2016 English translation by John Cullen
Tierra de Campos (2017)
El Río Baja Sucio (2019)
Queridos Niños (2021)

=Articles=

Artículos de Ocasión (1998)
Tragarse la Lengua y Otro Artículos de Ocasión(2003)
Érase una Vez(2013)
La Tiranía Sin Titanos (2018)
El Siglo XIX Cumple 18 (2018)
Ganarse la Vida (2020)

=Political books=

=="Biblioteca de Ideas Insensatas"==

Para salvar de una vez por todas la monarquía (2015)
Para salvar de una vez por todas la democracia (2015)

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable" ! Year !! Work !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Ref
1995	Los peores años de nuestra vida	Goya Awards	Best Original Screenplay	{{nom}}	rowspan=50\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3954927/\|website=IMDb\|date=20 March 2025\|title=David Trueba awards}}
rowspan=3\|1997	rowspan=3\|The Good Life	Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	Special Jury Prize	{{won}}
rowspan=2\|Goya Awards	Best Original Screenplay	{{nom}}
Best New Director	{{nom}}
1999	La niña de tus ojos	Goya Awards	Best Original Screenplay	{{nom}}
2003	rowspan=6\|Soldados de Salamina	Cannes Film Festival	Un Certain Regard	{{nom}}
rowspan=5\|2004	rowspan=3\|CEC Awards	Best Director	{{nom}}
Best Adapted Screenplay	{{nom}}
Best Editing	{{won}}
rowspan=2\|18th Goya Awards	Best Director	{{nom}}
Best Adapted Screenplay	{{nom}}
2005	Hay motivo	Goya Awards	Best Documentary	{{nom}}
rowspan=2\|2006	rowspan=3\|Bienvenido a Casa	rowspan=2\|Málaga Film Festival	Golden Biznaga	{{nom}}
Best Director	{{won}}
rowspan=2\|2007	rowspan=2\|Goya Awards	Best Original Song ("Duermen los niños")	{{nom}}
La silla de Fernando	Best Documentary	{{nom}}
2008	Saber perder	Premio de la Crítica Española	Narrativa Castellana	{{won}}
rowspan=2\| 2012	Madrid, 1987	2012 Sundance Film Festival	World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic	{{nom}}
Los muertos no se tocan, nene	CEC Medals	Best Adapted Screenplay	{{nom}}
2013	rowspan=9\|Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed	San Sebastián International Film Festival	Golden Shell	{{nom}}
rowspan=8\|2014	rowspan=2\|Feroz Awards	Best Director	{{won}}
Best Screenplay	{{won}}
rowspan=2\|Goya Awards	Best Director	{{won}}
Best Original Screenplay	{{won}}
rowspan=2\|CEC Awards	Best Director	{{won}}
Best Original Screenplay	{{won}}
rowspan=2\|Platino Awards	Best Director	{{nom}}
Best Screenplay	{{nom}}
2017	¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz? 5 años despues	Forqué Awards	Best Comedy	{{nom}}
rowspan=4\|2018	rowspan=2\|Tierra de Campos	Premio de la Crítica de Madrid	Narrative	{{won}}
Los Libreros Recomiendan	Fiction	{{won}}
rowspan=2\|Almost 40	rowspan=2\|Málaga Film Festival	Golden Biznaga	{{nom}}
Special Jury Prize	{{won}}
2020	A este lado del mundo	Málaga Film Festival	Golden Biznaga	{{nom}}
2021	Forgotten We'll Be	Platino Awards	Best Screenplay	{{won}}
rowspan=6\|2024	rowspan=5\|Saben aquell	rowspan=2\|Gaudí Awards \| Best Director	{{nom}}
Best Adapted Screenplay	{{nom}}
CEC Medals \| Best Adapted Screenplay	{{nom}}
rowspan = "2" \| Goya Awards \| Best Director	{{nom}}
Best Adapted Screenplay	{{nom}}
El hombre bueno	Málaga Film Festival	Golden Biznaga	{{nom}}

References

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