Juan Luis Pérez Iborra (born 25 March 1959), simply known as Juan Luis Iborra, is a Spanish screenwriter and director.

Biography

Juan Luis Pérez Iborra was born in

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on 25 March 1959. He moved to

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, where he started studying drama in 1979. After making his acting debut on stage in 1982, he developed instead a career as a screenwriter (both in film and television), including

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's show '. In 1995, he won 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 ...

for '' All Men Are the Same''. One year later, he earned a nomination for Best Original Screenplay for '' Mouth to Mouth''. Iborra debuted as director with the featured films ''

Amor de hombre ''Amor de hombre'' (also known as ''Love of a Man'' in English-speaking markets) is a 1997 Spanish gay-themed drama film directed by Yolanda García Serrano and Juan Luis Iborra. The close friendship between a gay man and a straight woman is chall ...

'' (1997) and '' Km. 0'' (2000), both co-helmed alongside

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, making his solo debut with ' (2000). They were followed by ''Valentín'', and ''

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''. He also worked as director of the popular series ''

Aquí no hay quien viva ''Aquí no hay quien viva'' (English: ''No One Could Live Here'') is a Spanish television comedy series focusing on the inhabitants of the fictional building at the address ''Desengaño 21'' in central Madrid. The series debuted on the Antena 3 ...

'' and ''

La que se avecina ''La que se avecina'' is a Spanish television sitcom created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Daniel Deorador. The show is set in the fictitious Mirador de Montepinar, a condominium located in the suburbs of Madrid. The show is an ind ...

''.

References

1959 births People from Marina Baixa Spanish screenwriters Spanish film directors Spanish television directors Living people {{Spain-film-director-stub