Javier Fesser
{{Short description|Spanish film director, screenwriter and film editor}}
{{family name hatnote|Fesser|Pérez de Petinto|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Javier Fesser.jpg
| caption =
| birthname = Javier Fesser Pérez de Petinto
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1964|2|15}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation =
}}
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=
class="wikitable "
!Year !Title !Director !Writer !Producer !Editor ! Notes |
1998
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} |{{no}} | {{no}} | Also camera operator |
2003
| Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |{{no}} | {{no}} | |
2006
| Cándida | {{no}} | {{yes}} |{{partial|Executive}} | {{no}} | |
2008
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} |{{no}} | {{yes}} | |
2014
| Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |{{no}} | {{yes}} | Also animatics |
2018
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} |{{no}} | {{yes}} | Also titles designer |
2020
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} |{{yes}} | {{no}} | |
2023
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} |{{yes}} | {{no}} | |
Acting roles
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
1998
| 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
| Periodista | |
2020
| Comensal restaurante | |
=Documentaries=
==Producer==
- Ni distintos ni diferentes: Campeones (2018)
- La vida de Brianeitor (2023)
=Short film=
class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Director !Writer !Editor ! Notes |
1994
| Aquel Ritmillo | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
1995
| El Secdleto de la Trompeta | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
2001
| La Sorpresa | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
rowspan=2| 2003
| Pancho y Pincho | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
Así se hizo "Pancho y Pinchó"
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Mockumentary short |
2004
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Segment of El Mundo a Cada Rato |
2005
| La Cabina | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
rowspan=2| 2007
| Los Pinkerton | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
Vida de un Plano
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
rowspan=2| 2010
| Depresion | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
Última Voluntad
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
2012
| El Regalo | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Co-directed with Ana Fesser |
rowspan=3| 2013
| Invictus: El Correo del Cesar | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Advertising short |
Unicos
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Segment of Al Final Todos Mueren |
Dolor
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
2015
| Bienvenidos | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
rowspan=4| 2016
| De Frente | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Co-directed with Claudia Fesser |
Primeros Sintomas
| {{yes}} | {{partial|Story}} | {{yes}} | |
Servicio Tecnico
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
17 Años Juntos
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
rowspan=2| 2020
| Tres Veces | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Also actor |
El Monstruo Invisible
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Documentary short |
2021
| Cancer | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
2022
| Kellys | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
Bibliography
- Tres Días en el Valle: Mi (In)experiencia Benedictina (2005)
- Los Días de Colores (2011)
Awards
class="wikitable"
! Year !! Work !! Award !! Category !! Result | ||||
1995 | Aquel ritmillo | Goya Awards | Best Fictional Short Film | {{won}} |
1999 | The Miracle of P. Tinto | Goya Awards | Best New Director | {{nom}} |
2005 | rowspan=2|Binta and the Great Idea | Alcalá de Henares Film Festival | Ciudad de Alcalá First Award | {{won}} |
2007 | Academy Awards | Best Live Action Short Film | {{nom}} | |
2008 | rowspan=3|Camino | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Golden Shell | {{nom}} |
rowspan=2|2009 | rowspan=2|Goya Awards | Best Director | {{won}} | |
Best Original Screenplay | {{won}} | |||
rowspan=7|2015 | rowspan=6|Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible | Forqué Awards | rowspan=2|Best Animated Film | {{won}} |
Gaudí Awards | {{won}} | |||
rowspan=2|Goya Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | {{won}} | ||
Best Animated Film | {{won}} | |||
CEC Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | {{won}} | ||
Platino Awards | Best Animated Film | {{nom}} | ||
Bienvenidos | Alcalá de Henares Film Festival | Public Award (Alcalá de Henares Youth Department of the Town Hall) | {{won}} | |
2017 | 17 Años Juntos | rowspan=2| Fugaz Awards | Best Screenplay | {{won}} |
2018 | {{N/A}} | Honorary Award | {{won}} | |
rowspan=7|2019 | rowspan=7|Champions | Feroz Awards | Best Director | {{nom}} |
rowspan=3|Goya Awards | Best Director | {{nom}} | ||
Best Original Screenplay | {{nom}} | |||
Best Editing | {{nom}} | |||
rowspan=3|Platino Awards | Best Director | {{nom}} | ||
Best Screenplay | {{nom}} | |||
Cinema and Education in Values | {{won}} | |||
rowspan=2|2021 | Unfortunate Stories | Feroz Awards | Best Trailer | {{won}} |
El Monstruo Invisible | Forqué Awards | Best Short Film | {{won}} |
See also
External links
- {{IMDb name|0275250}}
{{Goya Award for Best Director}}
{{Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay}}
{{Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fesser, Javier}}
Category:Film directors from Madrid
Category:Best Director Goya Award winners
Category:Complutense University of Madrid alumni
Category:20th-century Spanish screenwriters
Category:20th-century Spanish male writers
Category:21st-century Spanish screenwriters
{{spain-film-director-stub}}