Guillem Clua (born 1973) is a Spanish
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
with works both in Spanish and Catalan.
Biography
Guillem Clua was born in
Barcelona in 1973.
After earning a
licentiate degree in journalism from the
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'' (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'', and ''
The Innocent'', and films such as ''
God's Crooked Lines
''God's Crooked Lines'' ( es, Los renglones torcidos de Dios, links=no) is a 2022 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Oriol Paulo and starring Bárbara Lennie. Written by Oriol Paulo and Guillem Clua with the collaboration of Lara Se ...
'' and ''
The Communion Girl
''The Communion Girl'' ( es, La niña de la comunión, links=no) is a 2022 Spanish horror film directed by VÃctor Garcia from a screenplay by Guillem Clua based on an original story by Garcia and Alberto Marini. It stars Carla Campra, Aina Quià ...
''.
Accolades
References
21st-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights
21st-century Spanish screenwriters
Writers from Barcelona
1973 births
Living people
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