Javier Fesser Pérez de Petinto (
Madrid
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, 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, p ...
and
publicist
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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
Academy Award
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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
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at the
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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. He was the founder of
Línea Films in 1986.
His brother
Guillermo Fesser is a famous
journalist
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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
The Goya Award for Best Director (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor dirección'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the first edition of the Goya Awards. Fernando Fernán ...
* 2009
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 p ...
See also
*
List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees
This is a list of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award. The people included are either fro ...
External links
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1964 births
Living people
Film directors from Madrid
Best Director Goya Award winners
Complutense University of Madrid alumni
20th-century Spanish screenwriters
20th-century Spanish male writers
21st-century Spanish screenwriters
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