Fernando Trueba is a Spanish director born in Madrid, celebrated for warm, internationally minded comedies and dramas as well as acclaimed work in animation. Belle Époque, a comedy set during the final days of the Spanish monarchy before civil war, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and established his reputation for elegant period comedy. Chico & Rita, an animated romance set amid the golden age of Cuban jazz, showed his equally strong command of music-driven storytelling in a different medium, drawing on his own passion for jazz. The Girl of Your Dreams and Two Much extended his range across historical drama and English-language romantic comedy. Memories of My Father, made later in his career, returned to more intimate biographical territory. Trueba's versatility across live action and animation, always inflected by his love of music, has made him one of Spanish cinema's most internationally recognized directors. Read more