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My Take
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.
Overview
David Rodríguez Trueba (born 10 September 1969) is a Spanish filmmaker and author.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / screenwriter / journalist / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Complutense University of Madrid
Awards & achievements
- Premio Feroz for Best Director
- Goya Award for Best Director
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film director — see all → · More people from Spain →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.