Javier Fesser

{{Short description|Spanish film director, screenwriter and film editor}}

{{family name hatnote|Fesser|Pérez de Petinto|lang=Spanish}}

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Javier Fesser Pérez de Petinto (Madrid, born 15 February 1964) is a Spanish film director and publicist. He is a multiple Goya Award winner for his films Camino and Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo, and an Academy Award nominee for his film Binta and the Great Idea.

Fesser earned his degree in Communication studies at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He was the founder of Línea Films in 1986.

His brother Guillermo Fesser is a famous journalist.

Filmography

=Film=

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!Year

!Title

!Director

!Writer

!Producer

!Editor

! Notes

1998

| The Miracle of P. Tinto

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| Also camera operator

2003

| Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure

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2006

| Cándida

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|{{partial|Executive}}

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2008

|Camino

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2014

| Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible

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| Also animatics

2018

| Champions

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| Also titles designer

2020

| Historias Lamentables

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2023

| Championext

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Acting roles

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1998

| The Miracle of P. Tinto

| Narrador NU-DO

|rowspan=3| Voice role

2003

| Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure

| Periodicos

2014

| Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible

| Instalador de la caja fuerte/ Voz sobre el periódico

2018

| Champions

| Periodista

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2020

| Historias Lamentables

| Comensal restaurante

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=Documentaries=

==Producer==

=Short film=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Director

!Writer

!Editor

! Notes

1994

| Aquel Ritmillo

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1995

| El Secdleto de la Trompeta

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2001

| La Sorpresa

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rowspan=2| 2003

| Pancho y Pincho

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Así se hizo "Pancho y Pinchó"

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| Mockumentary short

2004

| Binta and the Great Idea

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| Segment of El Mundo a Cada Rato

2005

| La Cabina

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rowspan=2| 2007

| Los Pinkerton

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Vida de un Plano

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rowspan=2| 2010

| Depresion

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Última Voluntad

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2012

| El Regalo

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| Co-directed with Ana Fesser

rowspan=3| 2013

| Invictus: El Correo del Cesar

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| Advertising short

Unicos

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| Segment of Al Final Todos Mueren
Also actor as "Astronauta"

Dolor

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2015

| Bienvenidos

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rowspan=4| 2016

| De Frente

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| Co-directed with Claudia Fesser

Primeros Sintomas

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| {{partial|Story}}

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Servicio Tecnico

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17 Años Juntos

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rowspan=2| 2020

| Tres Veces

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| Also actor

El Monstruo Invisible

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| Documentary short
Co-directed with Guillermo Fesser

2021

| Cancer

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2022

| Kellys

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Bibliography

  • Tres Días en el Valle: Mi (In)experiencia Benedictina (2005)
  • Los Días de Colores (2011)

Awards

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! Year !! Work !! Award !! Category !! Result

1995Aquel ritmilloGoya AwardsBest Fictional Short Film{{won}}
1999The Miracle of P. TintoGoya AwardsBest New Director{{nom}}
2005rowspan=2|Binta and the Great IdeaAlcalá de Henares Film FestivalCiudad de Alcalá First Award{{won}}
2007Academy AwardsBest Live Action Short Film{{nom}}
2008rowspan=3|CaminoSan Sebastián International Film FestivalGolden Shell{{nom}}
rowspan=2|2009rowspan=2|Goya AwardsBest Director{{won}}
Best Original Screenplay{{won}}
rowspan=7|2015rowspan=6|Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission ImplausibleForqué Awardsrowspan=2|Best Animated Film{{won}}
Gaudí Awards{{won}}
rowspan=2|Goya AwardsBest Adapted Screenplay{{won}}
Best Animated Film{{won}}
CEC AwardsBest Adapted Screenplay{{won}}
Platino AwardsBest Animated Film{{nom}}
BienvenidosAlcalá de Henares Film FestivalPublic Award (Alcalá de Henares Youth Department of the Town Hall){{won}}
201717 Años Juntosrowspan=2| Fugaz AwardsBest Screenplay{{won}}
2018{{N/A}}Honorary Award{{won}}
rowspan=7|2019rowspan=7|ChampionsFeroz AwardsBest Director{{nom}}
rowspan=3|Goya AwardsBest Director{{nom}}
Best Original Screenplay{{nom}}
Best Editing{{nom}}
rowspan=3|Platino AwardsBest Director{{nom}}
Best Screenplay{{nom}}
Cinema and Education in Values{{won}}
rowspan=2|2021Unfortunate StoriesFeroz AwardsBest Trailer{{won}}
El Monstruo InvisibleForqué AwardsBest Short Film{{won}}

See also