Fernando González Molina

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| image = (Fernando González Molina) Hablamos con Fernando González Molina y Marta Etura.jpg

| birth_name = Fernando González Molina

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|11|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pamplona, Spain

| occupation = {{Hlist|Film director|television director}}

| alma_mater = {{ubl|University of Navarre|ECAM}}

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Fernando González Molina (born 10 November 1975) is a Spanish film and television director.

Biography

Fernando González Molina was born in Pamplona, Navarre, on 10 November 1975.{{cite web|url=https://www.deia.eus/vivir-on/cine-y-tv/2020/08/10/fernando-gonzalez-molina-trilogia-baztan/1057655.html|website=Deia|date=10 August 2020|title=Fernando González Molina: "La 'trilogía del Baztan' es lo más oscuro que he rodado"|first=Rosana|last=Lakunza}} He studied audiovisual communication at the University of Navarra and Direction at the ECAM. He began his audiovisual career with the short film Velocidad, starring Beatriz Carvajal, Laura Morales and Vicente Granadas. He was winner of the Golden Roel award at the Medina del Campo Festival, the Audience Award at the Astorga Festival, and the Blockbuster award for the best short film of the year. After this short, he began to work for the Globomedia production company such as the previews of the Águila Roja and Los Serrano series, as well as documentaries about the UPA Dance tours. He also made the video clips of Fran Perea and Pablo Puyol, as well as documentaries about El Sueño de Morfeo tours.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Biografía|url=http://www.sensacine.com/actores/actor-251185/|access-date=September 19, 2011|website=Sensacine}}

Since 2008, he has directed some episodes of the Antena 3 television series Los hombres de Paco,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Hispanos en Oxford|url=http://www.decine21.com/peliculas/Fuga-de-cerebros-16449|access-date=September 19, 2011|website=Decine21}} where he met his assistant, Mario Casas.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=January 4, 2011|title=Fernando González Molina: “He hecho la película que me hubiera gustado ver a los 16 años”|url=http://www.academiadecine.com/la_academia/noticia.php?id_s=1&id_ss=42&id_noticia=171|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130306103523/http://www.academiadecine.com/la_academia/noticia.php?id_s=1&id_ss=42&id_noticia=171|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2013|access-date=September 19, 2011|website=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España}} In 2009 he released his first feature film, Fuga de cerebros, a comedy in which a boy manufactures fake grants to be with the girl he likes, who is at Oxford University.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Fuga de cerebros (2009) de Fernando González Molina|url=http://www.alohacriticon.com/elcriticon/article5552.html|access-date=September 19, 2011|website=Aloha criticón}} The film became a box office success, grossing €6,863,216 and attracting 1,176,069 viewers, in addition to winning the Audience Award at the Málaga Film Festival.

In May 2010, filming began on Tres metros sobre el cielo, based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Federico Moccia.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=May 11, 2010|title=Amores imposibles|url=http://www.decine21.com/noticias/Amores-imposibles-3687|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519005846/http://www.decine21.com/Noticias/Amores-imposibles-3687|archive-date=May 19, 2010|access-date=September 19, 2011|website=Decine21}} The film became the highest grossing Spanish film in the country, surpassing one million viewers.

On January 17, 2011 began the broadcast on Antena 3 of his second television series, El barco, on which he served as director together with David Molina Encinas, Sandra Gallego and Jesús Colmenar.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=January 26, 2011|title=Fernando González: "En tiempos de crisis hemos arriesgado"|url=http://www.antena3.com/series/el-barco/eres-fan/entrevistas/fernando-gonzalez-tiempos-crisis-hemos-arriesgado_2011012600082.html|access-date=September 19, 2011|website=Antena 3}}

On June 13, 2011, he began filming Fuga de cerebros: Ahora en Harvard as an executive producer, which tells the story of the younger brother of the protagonist of the previous film, who followed the girl he likes to Harvard University.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 13, 2011|title=A la caza de un nuevo éxito: arranca el rodaje de “Fuga de cerebros 2″|url=http://noticias.labutaca.net/2011/06/13/a-la-caza-de-un-nuevo-exito-arranca-el-rodaje-de-fuga-de-cerebros-2/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816195144/http://noticias.labutaca.net/2011/06/13/a-la-caza-de-un-nuevo-exito-arranca-el-rodaje-de-fuga-de-cerebros-2/|archive-date=August 16, 2011|access-date=September 19, 2011|website=La butaca}} It premiered on December 2, 2011.

In September 2011, he started shooting Tengo ganas de ti, based on Moccia's book. The movie, in which the protagonists were played by Mario Casas and Clara Lago, was released in June 2012. In its first weekend after being released it became the tenth highest grossing film in the world.

In April 2012, he began to broadcast the television series Luna, el misterio de Calenda on Antena 3, in which González Molina served as director along with Laura Belloso, David Bermejo, Jesús Rodrigo, José Ramón Ayerra, Alexandra Graf, Antonio Díaz Huerta and Begoña Álvarez Rojas.{{Cite web|last=Film Affinity|first=|date=|title=Luna, el misterio de Calenda (Serie de TV)|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film340148.html|access-date=May 25, 2018|website=|language=es}} The series ran for two seasons and did not continue due to poor viewing statistics.{{Cite web|last=Europa Press|first=|date=March 27, 2013|title=Antena 3 no renueva 'Luna, el misterio de Calenda'|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1770454/0/antena-3/cancela/luna-el-misterio-de-calenda/|access-date=|website=}}

In 2014, the series directed by Fernando together with David Molina Encinas, Bienvenidos al Lolita, was released. The movie exposes the differences between two classes of society.{{Cite web|last=Globomedia|first=|date=|title=BIENVENIDOS AL LOLITA|url=https://www.globomedia.es/television/Bienvenidos-al-Lolita|access-date=May 25, 2018|website=}}

Later in 2014, he started filming the movie Palm Trees in the Snow, inspired by Luz Gabás's novel,{{Cite web|last=Telefónica Studios|first=|date=July 16, 2014|title=Comienza el rodaje de ‘Palmeras en la Nieve’|url=http://telefonicastudios.com/palmeras-en-la-nieve-ya-esta-en-marcha/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525132718/http://telefonicastudios.com/palmeras-en-la-nieve-ya-esta-en-marcha/|archive-date=May 25, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2018|website=|language=es}} in which tells the story of a forbidden love between different cultures and the knowledge of its secrets half a century later. The film was released in December 2015 and was awarded a Best Original Song and Best Art Direction award at the 30th Goya Awards.{{Cite web|last=El Séptimo Arte|first=|date=|title=Palmeras en la nieve (2015)|url=https://www.elseptimoarte.net/peliculas/palmeras-en-la-nieve-8373.html|access-date=May 24, 2018|website=|language=es}}

In 2017, the director premiered a movie, The Invisible Guardian, based on the first novel of the Báztan Trilogy by Dolores Redondo, in which he tries to solve the mysteries of the murder of a teenage girl in his area. The film garnered nearly three million viewers in its third weekend since it hit the big screen.{{Cite web|last=El Blog de Cine Español|first=|date=March 19, 2017|title=“EL GUARDIÁN INVISIBLE” CAMINO DE LOS 3 MILLONES DE EUROS DE RECAUDACIÓN EN CINES|url=http://www.elblogdecineespanol.com/?p=34224|access-date=May 25, 2018|website=}}

On April 25, 2018, he directed the first season of the series La otra mirada, which was produced by Boomerang TV, and premiered on Televisión Española, which has broadcast five chapters to date. This series is set in the 1920s and deals with the nature of feminism of the time.{{Cite web|last=20 Minutos|first=|date=May 21, 2018|title=‘La otra mirada’, el verdadero feminismo llega a la televisión|url=https://blogs.20minutos.es/a-ver-series/2018/05/21/la-otra-mirada-el-verdadero-feminismo-llega-a-la-television/|access-date=May 25, 2018|website=|language=es}}

Also in 2018, Fernando released his documentary, The best day of my life, in theaters, which visualizes the story of six people from different countries, all of whom are members of LGBT, around the celebration of the WorldPride 2017 party in Madrid.{{Cite web|last=El Séptimo Arte|first=|date=|year=2018|title=The Best Day Of My Life (2018)|url=https://www.elseptimoarte.net/peliculas/the-best-day-of-my-life-17996.html|access-date=May 25, 2018|website=}}