Fernando Franco

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1976}}

| birth_name = Fernando Franco García

| birth_place = Seville, Spain

| occupation = {{Hlist|Film editor|director|screenwriter|producer}}

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Fernando Franco García (born 1976) is a Spanish film editor, director and screenwriter.

Biography

Fernando Franco García was born in Seville in 1976.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nacion.com/viva/cultura/el-cineasta-fernando-franco-en-costa-rica/NC6KJQVMQZAWLAXPJAICVTNT7Q/story/|website=La Nación|title=El cineasta Fernando Franco, en Costa Rica|date=23 August 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://elcorreoweb.es/historico/fernando-franco-el-cineasta-que-llego-y-pego-BAEC600346|website=El Correo de Andalucía|title=Fernando Franco, el cineasta que llegó y pegó|date=5 February 2014|first=Alejandro|last=Luque}} He earned a licentiate degree in audiovisual communication from the University of Seville and a diploma in film editing from the ECAM.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/pantallas/cine/consagracion-primavera-encrucijada-20220406204210-ntrc.html|website=El Correo|author=Boquerini|title=La consagración de la primavera', una encrucijada vital de Fernando Franco|date=6 April 2022}} Already a seasoned film editor, his feature film directorial debut Wounded (2013) earned him a Goya Award for Best New Director and a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay. His debuting directorial efforts were followed by Dying (2017),{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a18167980/morir/|website=Fotogramas|title=Morir. Para quien esté harto de muertes edulcoradas|first=Jordi|last=Costa|date=2 February 2017}} The Rite of Spring (2022),{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/san-sebastian-spanish-films-2022-1235317548/|website=Variety|first=John|last=Hopewell|title=San Sebastian Festival's 2022 Spanish Film Lineup: Emerging Talent, Fresh Titles From a New Establishment|date=15 July 2022}} and Subsuelo.{{Cite web|website=Cineuropa|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/464770/|title=Shooting has finished on Fernando Franco's new film, Subsuelo|date=26 July 2024|first=Júlia|last=Olmo}}

Accolades

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
align = "center" \| 2013	27th Goya Awards	Best Editing	Snow White	{{nom}}	align = "center" \| {{Cite web\|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España\|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/blancanieves\|website=Premios Goya\|title=Blancanieves\|access-date=15 July 2022}}
align = "center" rowspan = "3" \| 2014	1st Feroz Awards	Best Director	rowspan = "3" \| Wounded	{{nom}}	align = "center" \| {{Cite web\|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/16625/lista-ganadores-premios-feroz-2014/\|website=ecartelera\|first=Jesús\|last=Agudo\|title=Lista de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2014\|date=28 January 2014}}
rowspan = "2" \| 28th Goya Awards	Best New Director	{{won}}	align = "center" rowspan = "2" \| {{Cite web\|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España\|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/la-herida/\|website=Premios Goya\|title=La herida\|access-date=15 July 2022}}
Best Original Screenplay	{{nom}}
align = "center" \| 2017	31st Goya Awards	Best Editing	May God Save Us	{{nom}}	align = "center" \| {{Cite web\|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España\|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/que-dios-nos-perdone\|website=Premios Goya\|title=Que Dios nos perdone\|access-date=15 July 2022}}
align = "center" \| 2019	33rd Goya Awards	Best Editing	Journey to a Mother's Room	{{nom}}	align = "center" \| {{Cite web\|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España\|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/viaje-al-cuarto-de-una-madre\|website=Premios Goya\|title=Viaje al cuarto de una madre\|access-date=15 July 2022}}
align = "center" \| 2021	35th Goya Awards	Best Editing	Black Beach	{{nom}}	align = "center" \| {{Cite web\|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España\|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/black-beach\|website=Premios Goya\|title=Black Beach\|access-date=15 July 2022}}
rowspan = "2" \| {{center\|2024}}	3rd Carmen Awards	Editing	rowspan = "2" \| Robot Dreams	{{nom}}	{{center\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.huelva24.com/cultura/premios-carmen-dan-conocer-huelva-nominados-tercera-20231220195821-nth.html\|website=Huelva24\|title=Los Premios Carmen dan a conocer desde Huelva todos los nominados de su tercera edición\|publisher=Grupo Vocento\|date=20 December 2023}}}}
38th Goya Awards	Best Editing	{{nom}}	{{center\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-goya-2024-nominaciones-cine-espanol-5194856/\|website=Cinemanía\|via=20minutos.es\|date=30 November 2023\|title=Premios Goya 2024: '20.000 especies de abejas' arrasa en nominaciones por delante de Bayona y Erice}}}}
{{center\|2025}} \| 39th Goya Awards	Best Editing	Little Loves	{{nom}}	{{center\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-goya-2025-palmares-completo-ganadores5680269-5680269/\|website=Cinemanía\|via=20minutos.es\|title=Premios Goya 2025 {{!}} Palmarés completo: todos los ganadores de la noche del histórico triunfo compartido de 'El 47' y 'La infiltrada'\|date=9 February 2025}}}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:Writers from Seville

Category:Spanish film editors

Category:21st-century Spanish screenwriters

Category:Spanish film directors

Category:1976 births

Category:University of Seville alumni