Ángeles González-Sinde Reig (born 7 April 1965) is a Spanish scriptwriter, film director and politician. She served as

Minister of Culture A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organiza ...

of the Government of Spain from April 2009 until December 2011. Her appointment was received with anger and rejection by the Spanish Internet Community, due to González-Sinde's opposition to P2P file sharing and the alleged conflict of interest due to her ties to the film industry. A strict anti-piracy law enacted in Spain in December 2011 has become known colloquially as Ley Sinde, or the Sinde Law, as she was seen as the primary backer of the measure.

Biography

Ángeles González-Sinde Reig was born 7 April 1965. She is the daughter of the academy's founder, José María González-Sinde, Sr. Her brother, José María González-Sinde, Jr., is also involved in the film industry. González-Sinde studied

Classics Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

at the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

and did a master's degree in Cinema Scriptwriting at the AFI Conservatory in

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

. She served as president of Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España (AACCE) (Spanish Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences) from December 2006 until April 2009. In April 2009, González-Sinde was appointed Culture Minister. This sparked a movement against her from the Spanish

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...

users community, represented by the ''Asociacion de Internautas'' (Internet Users Association). They stated that she was unable to fulfill correctly the needs and obligations of her position because of a

conflict of interest A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple wikt:interest#Noun, interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another. Typically, this relates t ...

s, as she had personal ties with businesses involved in the film industry and consequently could not be impartial. Moreover, Spanish law 5/2006 of April 10, 2006 regulates conflicts of interest among high-ranking positions in the Spanish government. In June 2020 she was appointed president of the Royal Board of Trustees of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. On that date Beatriz Corredor was appointed vice-president, both positions are unpaid.

Filmography

Director

*'' La suerte dormida'' (2003) *'' Madrid 11M: Todos íbamos en ese tren'' (2004)—«Como los demás» *'' Una palabra tuya'' (2008) *'' El comensal (2022)

Scriptwriter

Awards

* Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay, '' La buena estrella'', by Ricardo Franco (1997). * Goya Award for Best New Director for ''La suerte dormida'' (2003). *Prize Turia for Best New Work ''La suerte dormida'' (2003). *XX Festival de Cine Español de Málaga, Best Script for '' Heroína'' (2005), by Gerardo Herrero. *

Premio Planeta de Novela The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta. Financially, it is t ...

, runner-up for ''El buen hijo''"Clara Sánchez se alza con el Planeta"
'' El País''. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez-Sinde, Angeles 1965 births Living people Complutense University of Madrid alumni Government ministers of Spain Women government ministers of Spain Spanish women film directors Spanish women screenwriters 21st-century Spanish politicians 21st-century Spanish women politicians Culture ministers of Spain 21st-century Spanish screenwriters