Fernando Trueba

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BIRTHDAY

January 18, 1955

Madrid, Spain

RECENT CREDITS

Sublet (FILM) Jan. 16, 2009

El Embrujo de Shanghai (FILM) Jan. 1, 2002

Calle 54 (FILM) Oct. 20, 2000

La Niña de Tus Ojos (FILM) Jan. 1, 2000

Alas de Mariposa (FILM) Jan. 1, 1999

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BIOGRAPHY

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A relatively obscure name on the international scene, Spanish director Fernando Trueba has long been well known in his native country for his preoccupation with eccentric projects, which have ever so delicately skirted good taste. One of Trueba's earliest films was 1980's Opera Prima, a comedy about a romance between cousins. 1990's Twisted Obsession did Opera Prima one better in probing a slightly unnatural brother-sister relationship. Fernando Trueba's biggest success was 1992's surprise hit, Belle Epoque, which won the American Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Will Moviegoers 'Pay'?

Oct. 19, 2000

Moviegoers don't seem bedazzled by "Bedazzled" and probably won't pay enough for "Pay It Forward" to finish first. That should mean a third consecutive chart-topping weekend for "Meet the Parents." The PG-13-rated comedy from Universal finished first last weekend with $21.2 million. It actually held even better than its modest 26% decline suggests. Its drop was measured against...

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