Guillem Clua (born 1973) is a Spanish

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Readin ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

with works both in Spanish and Catalan.

Biography

Guillem Clua was born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

in 1973. After earning a licentiate degree in journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, UAB, he nurtured his writing skills at London Guildhall University. Upon joining Sala Becket, he began writing plays in 2001. Some of his plays have been adapted into a film and television format: ''La piel en llamas'' (in which Clua is credited as co-writer), ''Smiley (TV series), Smiley'' (in which Clua is credited as creator), and ''Invasión'' (in which Clua is credited as writer). He has also collaborated as screenwriter in television series such as ''El cor de la ciutat'', ', ''Estoy vivo'', ''Mercado Central (TV series), Mercado Central'', and ''The Innocent (TV series), The Innocent'', and films such as ''God's Crooked Lines'' and ''The Communion Girl''.

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21st-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Spanish screenwriters Writers from Barcelona 1973 births Living people {{Screenwriter-stub