Javier Fesser Pérez de Petinto (

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, born 15 February 1964) is a Spanish

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

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. He is a multiple

Goya Award The Goya Awards () are Spain's main national annual film awards. They are presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. The first ceremony was held in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Ar ...

winner for his films '' Camino'' and Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo, and an

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nominee for his film Binta and the Great Idea. Fesser earned his degree in

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at the

Universidad Complutense de 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 ...

. He was the founder of Línea Films in 1986. His brother Guillermo Fesser is a famous

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Filmography

Film

Acting roles

Documentaries

Producer

* '' Ni distintos ni diferentes: Campeones'' (2018) *''La vida de Brianeitor'' (2023)

Short film

Bibliography

*''Tres Días en el Valle: Mi (In)experiencia Benedictina'' (2005) *''Los Días de Colores'' (2011)

Awards

External links

* 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 {{spain-film-director-stub