Álex Pina

Álex Pina earns my respect as a storyteller who turned a Spanish-language heist drama into a global obsession. Money Heist gave the world red jumpsuits and Dalí masks, but underneath the spectacle is a sharp sense of timing and human pressure that I suspect traces back to his early years as a journalist. What I appreciate most is his refusal to play it safe; a writer from Pamplona who studied at the University of Navarre helped prove that streaming could make non-English drama universal. I'm always curious to see what convention he overturns next.

Name (English)

Álex Pina

Name (Japanese)

アレックス・ピナ

Reading

あれっくす・ぴな

Born

June 23, 1967 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

Origin

Pamplona, Navarre, Spain

Occupation

screenwriter / film director / film producer / television producer / manufacturer

University

University of Navarre

Awards & achievements

• 2022 Navarra Televisión Awards

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lex%20Pina
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47493874

Tags

• Navarre
• screenwriter
• film director
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.