Fernando Franco García (born 1976) is a Spanish film editor, director and screenwriter.

Biography

Fernando Franco García was born in

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in 1976. He earned a

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in audiovisual communication from the

University of Seville The University of Seville (''Universidad de Sevilla'') is a university in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Founded under the name of ''Colegio Santa María de Jesús'' in 1505, in 2022 it has a student body of 57,214,U-Ranking Universidades español ...

and a diploma in film editing from the ECAM. Already a seasoned

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, his feature film directorial debut '' Wounded'' (2013) earned him a

Goya Award for Best New Director The Goya Award for Best New Director () is the Goya Awards, Goya awarded yearly to the best debuting director. The award was first presented at the 4th Goya Awards, fourth edition of the Goya Awards with Ana Díez being the first winner for her fi ...

and a nomination to the

Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay The Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay (Spanish ''Premio Goya al mejor guión original'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. For the first two editions of the Goya Awards, only one award for screenplays was pr ...

. His debuting directorial efforts were followed by ''

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'' (2017), ''

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'' (2022), and '' Subsuelo''.

Accolades

References

Living people Writers from Seville Spanish film editors 21st-century Spanish screenwriters Spanish film directors 1976 births University of Seville alumni {{Spain-film-director-stub