Jon Garaño

Jon Garaño is the kind of filmmaker I instinctively root for. A Basque from Gipuzkoa, he won the Goya for Best Original Screenplay for Giant and has been nominated three times for Best Director, for Giant, The Endless Trench and Marco. Working as writer, director and editor, he clearly builds his stories from the bone up. What draws me in is his rootedness: rather than chasing Hollywood gloss, he keeps telling stories steeped in the language and soil of his region. Filmmakers who carry a specific place and culture on their backs tend to make the most lasting work, and I think he's one of them.

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Name (English)

Jon Garaño

Name (Japanese)

ヨン・ガラニョ

Reading

よん・がらにょ

Born

November 18, 1974 (age 51)

Origin

Ergobia, Gipuzkoa, Spain

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / film editor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Gara%C3%B1o
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18608201

Tags

• Gipuzkoa
• film director
• screenwriter
• film editor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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