Javier Fesser Pérez de Petinto (

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, born 15 February 1964) is a Spanish

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...

and

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. He is a multiple

Goya Award The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sci ...

winner for his films '' Camino'' and

Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo ''Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible'' ( es, Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo, "Mortadelo and Filemon versus Jimmy the Joker") is a 2014 Spanish 3D computer-animated comedy co-written, directed and edited by ''Javier Fesser'' ...

, and an

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nominee for his film

Binta and the Great Idea ''Binta and the Great Idea'' ( es, Binta y la Gran Idea) is a 2004 Spanish film by writer-director Javier Fesser. The film stars Zeynabou Diallo as Binta, Agnile Sambou as Binta's Father, and Aminata Sane as Soda. The film duration is approximatel ...

. Fesser earned his degree in

Communication studies Communication studies or communication science is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and behavior, patterns of communication in interpersonal relationships, social interactions and communication in different ...

at the

Universidad Complutense de Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university lo ...

. He was the founder of Línea Films in 1986. His brother Guillermo Fesser is a famous

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Filmography

Film

Short film

Bibliography

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

Awards

* 2007

Academy Award for Live Action Short Film The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under various names, since 1957. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One- ...

(Nomination) * 2008 Goya Award for Best Director * 2009 Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay

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