Jon Garaño Arzalus (born 18 November 1974) is a Spanish Basque filmmaker and screenwriter. He won the

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 pr ...

for the 2017 film ''

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'' and has been nominated for the

Goya Award for Best Director The Goya Award for Best Director (Spanish language, 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 1st Goya Awards, first edition of ...

three times, for ''Giant'', '' The Endless Trench'' (2019) and ''

Marco, the Invented Truth ''Marco, the Invented Truth'' (), or simply ''Marco'', is a 2024 Spanish biographical thriller drama film directed by Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño starring Eduard Fernández as Enric Marco alongside Nathalie Poza. Plot Primarily set in Bar ...

'' (2024).

Biography

Garaño graduated in journalism and advertising at the

University of the Basque Country The University of the Basque Country (, ''EHU''; , ''UPV''; officially EHU) is a Spanish public university of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community. Heir of the University of Deusto, University of Bilbao, initial ...

and studied film at the Sarobe Centro de Artes Escénicas and

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CS ...

. In 2001, Arregi started the film production company Moriarti Produkzioak with other colleagues. The productions of Moriarti Produkzioak are characterised by teamwork, including directing, and by the exchange of roles between the members.

Filmography

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