David Trueba

Trueba is the rare artist who works fluently in two registers at once: cinema and the written word. A Complutense graduate who directs, writes screenplays, acts, and works as a journalist and novelist, he has the full toolkit of a storyteller, and the Goya for Best Director proves Spain takes him seriously. What draws me in is that writers-turned-directors tend to build films on stronger narrative bones; the structure holds. I'd never reduce him to mere versatility, because underneath it all seems to sit a genuine observer of people. That makes me curious about his work before I've even pressed play.

Name (English)

David Trueba

Name (Japanese)

ダビド・トルエバ

Reading

だびど・とるえば

Born

September 10, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Occupation

actor / film director / screenwriter / journalist / writer

University

Complutense University of Madrid

Awards & achievements

• Premio Feroz for Best Director
• Goya Award for Best Director

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%93%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%90

Tags

• Community of Madrid
• actor
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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.