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Fernando León de Aranoa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is León and the second or maternal family name is de Aranoa.

Fernando León de Aranoa (born 26 May 1968) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director.

Fernando León de Aranoa
León de Aranoa at Seminci 2011
Born (1968-05-26) 26 May 1968 (age 56)
Madrid, Spain
Other namesFernando León
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1996–present

León de Aranoa entered the film industry as a screenwriter. He made his feature film directorial debut with Familia, which won him the Goya Award for Best New Director.[1] He is together with Pedro Almodóvar the awardee with most Goya Awards for Best Director (3), which he won with Barrio (1998), Mondays in the Sun (2002), and The Good Boss (2021).[1]

Career

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Born on 26 May 1968 in Madrid,[2] Fernando León de Aranoa was drawn to painting since early childhood and wanted to become an artist. He was good at music and sports and had a passion for comics. Because of an administrative mistake, he enrolled into a degree in Image and Sound instead of an intended degree in Fine Arts.[3]

It was while taking classes of Image that his interest in films was awakened. He also studied literature and writing; Joaquín Oristrell was one of his teachers. He began to write short stories, winning awards for his narratives. Meanwhile, he had a job drawing for an advertising agency, but quit the job to pursue a career as a screenwriter. With help from his literature and writing teachers, he found a job writing scripts for television. He became involved in films for the first time as a screenwriter on three undistinguished films directed by Antonio del Real. León de Aranoa then moved on to become a director, making the short film Sirenas (1994) which received a number of awards.

His first feature film was Familia (1996), for which he also wrote the screenplay. For this film León de Aranoa was given the Goya Award for Best New Director, as well as the Audience Award and Special Mention from FIPRESCI at the Valladolid SEMINCI festival. The screenplay was later adapted into a theatrical play produced in several countries.

In 1998 he wrote and directed Barrio, a portrait of the lives of three young teens in a slum. Thanks to this film, León de Aranoa received the Goya Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. The film was presented in the official section of the San Sebastian Festival, where León de Aranoa earned the Silver Shell for Best Director. The film received other major awards such as the FIPRESCI Prize, the Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Spanish Film, the José María Forqué Prize, the Sant Jordi Award and the Turia Award.

In 2002 he directed Mondays in the Sun, starring Javier Bardem, which became a major winner at the Goya Awards that year, winning five awards including Best Picture and Best Director. The film also triumphed in the San Sebastian Film Festival, winning the Golden Shell for Best Film. The Spanish Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences selected the film to represent Spain at the Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Language Film, although it ended up not being one of the five films nominated.

Princesses (2005) would be his fourth film as director and screenwriter, and his debut as a producer after he created his own production company, Reposado. The film was seen by more than a million viewers, and received three Goya Awards from the Spanish Academy of Cinema, for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Original Song, composed by Manu Chao. The Ondas Awards gave Princesses its Film of the Year Award and Best Film Actors Award. The film was also part of the official selection of the Sundance Film Festival.

As a documentary filmmaker León de Aranoa directed the Mexican film Walkers (2001), which won festival awards in Havana, Los Angeles, New York City and Alcalá de Henares. In 2007 he took part in the documentary Invisibles directing the chapter entitled "Buenas Noches, Ouma". This documentary also featured the participation of the directors Mariano Barroso, Isabel Coixet, Wim Wenders and Javier Corcuera and was given the Goya Award for Best Documentary. In addition, in 1994 he collaborated in the direction of Izbieglize, and in 2000 he wrote the script for the documentary The Back of the World.

In addition to writing his own films, León de Aranoa has worked as a screenwriter for other directors; he wrote the screenplays for Crazy Heart (1997) and Fausto 5.0 (2001). He has published several short stories, having received by Antonio Machado Prize twice. He has also worked as a cartoonist and illustrator.

His film A Perfect Day was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[4][5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
1994 ¡Por fin solos! No Yes No
1995 Los hombres siempre mienten No Yes No
Sirenas Yes Yes No Short film
1996 Familia Yes Yes No
1997 Corazón loco No Story No
1998 Insomnio No Yes No
Cha-cha-chá No Yes No
Barrio Yes Yes No
2000 Living It Up No Yes No
2001 Fausto 5.0 No Yes No
2002 Los lunes al sol Yes Yes No
2005 Princesas Yes Yes Yes
2010 Amador Yes Yes Yes
2015 A Perfect Day Yes Yes Yes
2017 Loving Pablo Yes Yes No [6]
2021 El buen patrón Yes Yes Yes

Documentary

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2000 La espalda del mundo No Yes No
2001 Caminantes (Walkers) Yes Yes No
2002 La guerrilla de la memoria No Yes No
2007 Invisibles Yes Yes No Segment "Buenas noches, Ouma"
2016 Política, manual de instrucciones Yes Yes Yes
2022 Sintiéndolo mucho Yes Yes Yes

Awards and nominations

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Year Work Award Category Result Ref(s)
1996 Familia Valladolid International Film Festival Best New Director Won [7]
1997 Mystfest Best Film Nominated [8]
1998 Goya Awards Best Original Screenplay Nominated [9][10]
Best New Director Won
CEC Medals Revelation Award Won [11]
Barrio San Sebastián International Film Festival Golden Shell Nominated [12]
Silver Shell for Best Director Won
CEC Award Won
1999 CEC Medals Best Director Won [13]
Goya Awards Best Director Won [14][15]
Best Original Screenplay Won
2002 Los lunes al sol San Sebastián International Film Festival Golden Shell Won [16]
FIPRESCI Award Won
SIGNIS Award Won
Ondas Awards Best Spanish Film Won [17]
European Film Awards Best Director - Audience Award Won [18][19]
2003 CEC Medals Best Director Won [20]
Best Original Screenplay Won
Goya Awards Best Director Won [21]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2004 Ariel Awards Best Ibero-American Film Won [22]
David di Donatello Best European Film Nominated [23][24]
2006 Princesas Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic Nominated [25]
Forqué Awards Best Film Nominated [26]
CEC Medals Best Film Nominated [27]
Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Goya Awards Best Film Nominated [28][29]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2008 Invisibles Forqué Awards Best Documentary or Animated Film Won [30]
Goya Awards Best Documentary Won [31]
2016 A Perfect Day Feroz Awards Best Comedy Film Nominated [32]
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Goya Awards Best Film Nominated [33]
Best Director Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Won
David di Donatello Best European Film Nominated [34]
2021 El buen patrón San Sebastián International Film Festival Golden Shell Nominated [35]
CiBRA Festival Best Original Screenplay Won [36][37]
Forqué Awards Best Film Won [38]
2022 Feroz Awards Best Comedy Film Won [39]
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Won
CEC Medals Best Film Nominated [40]
Best Direction Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Goya Awards Best Film Won [41]
Best Director Won
Best Original Screenplay Won
Satellite Awards Best Foreign Language Film Nominated [42]
Spanish Screenwriters' Union Awards Best Screenplay in a Comedy Feature Film Won [43][44]
Platino Awards Best Ibero-American Film Won [45][46]
Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Won
Ariel Awards Best Ibero-American Film Won [47]
European Film Awards Best European Comedy Won [48]
Sintiéndolo Mucho Forqué Awards Best Documentary or Animated Film Nominated [49]
2023 Goya Awards Best Documentary Nominated [50]

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