Fernando Franco

{{Short description|Spanish film editor}} {{Infobox person | image = Goyas 2025 - Equipo El cambio de rueda (Fernando Franco) (cropped).jpg | caption = Franco in 2025 | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1976}} | birth_name = Fernando Franco García | birth_place = Seville, Spain | occupation = {{Hlist|Film editor|director|screenwriter|producer}} }} '''Fernando Franco García''' (born 1976) is a Spanish film editor, director and screenwriter.

== Biography == Fernando Franco García was born in Seville in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nacion.com/viva/cultura/el-cineasta-fernando-franco-en-costa-rica/NC6KJQVMQZAWLAXPJAICVTNT7Q/story/|website=La Nación|title=El cineasta Fernando Franco, en Costa Rica|date=23 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="elcorreoweb">{{Cite web|url=https://elcorreoweb.es/historico/fernando-franco-el-cineasta-que-llego-y-pego-BAEC600346|website=El Correo de Andalucía|title=Fernando Franco, el cineasta que llegó y pegó|date=5 February 2014|first=Alejandro|last=Luque}}</ref> He earned a licentiate degree in audiovisual communication from the University of Seville and a diploma in film editing from the ECAM.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/pantallas/cine/consagracion-primavera-encrucijada-20220406204210-ntrc.html|website=El Correo|author=Boquerini|title=La consagración de la primavera', una encrucijada vital de Fernando Franco|date=6 April 2022}}</ref> Already a seasoned film editor,<ref name="elcorreoweb" /> his feature film directorial debut ''Wounded'' (2013) earned him a Goya Award for Best New Director and a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay. His debuting directorial efforts were followed by ''Dying'' (2017),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a18167980/morir/|website=Fotogramas|title=Morir. Para quien esté harto de muertes edulcoradas|first=Jordi|last=Costa|date=2 February 2017}}</ref> ''The Rite of Spring'' (2022),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/san-sebastian-spanish-films-2022-1235317548/|website=Variety|first=John|last=Hopewell|title=San Sebastian Festival's 2022 Spanish Film Lineup: Emerging Talent, Fresh Titles From a New Establishment|date=15 July 2022}}</ref> ''Subsuelo'',<ref>{{Cite web|website=Cineuropa|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/464770/|title=Shooting has finished on Fernando Franco's new film, Subsuelo|date=26 July 2024|first=Júlia|last=Olmo}}</ref> and ''The Light'' (2026).<ref>{{Cite web|website=Cine con Ñ|url=https://cineconn.es/la-luz-pelicula-fernando-franco-alberto-san-juan/|title=Tráiler de ‘La Luz’, nueva película de Fernando Franco: Alberto San Juan como un sacerdote que quiere dejar los hábitos|date=28 April 2026}}</ref>

== Accolades == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | align = "center" | 2013 || 27th Goya Awards || Best Editing || ''Snow White'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/blancanieves|website=Premios Goya|title=Blancanieves|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> |- | align = "center" rowspan = "3" | 2014 || 1st Feroz Awards || Best Director || rowspan = "3" | ''Wounded'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/16625/lista-ganadores-premios-feroz-2014/|website=ecartelera|first=Jesús|last=Agudo|title=Lista de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2014|date=28 January 2014}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" | 28th Goya Awards || Best New Director || {{won}} || align = "center" rowspan = "2" | <ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/la-herida/|website=Premios Goya|title=La herida|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> |- | Best Original Screenplay || {{nom}} |- | align = "center" | 2017 || 31st Goya Awards || Best Editing || ''May God Save Us'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/que-dios-nos-perdone|website=Premios Goya|title=Que Dios nos perdone|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2019 || 33rd Goya Awards || Best Editing || ''Journey to a Mother's Room'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/viaje-al-cuarto-de-una-madre|website=Premios Goya|title=Viaje al cuarto de una madre|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2021 || 35th Goya Awards || Best Editing || ''Black Beach'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/black-beach|website=Premios Goya|title=Black Beach|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2024}} || 3rd Carmen Awards || Editing || rowspan = "2" | ''Robot Dreams'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huelva24.com/cultura/premios-carmen-dan-conocer-huelva-nominados-tercera-20231220195821-nth.html|website=Huelva24|title=Los Premios Carmen dan a conocer desde Huelva todos los nominados de su tercera edición|publisher=Grupo Vocento|date=20 December 2023}}</ref>}} |- | 38th Goya Awards || Best Editing || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-goya-2024-nominaciones-cine-espanol-5194856/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=30 November 2023|title=Premios Goya 2024: '20.000 especies de abejas' arrasa en nominaciones por delante de Bayona y Erice}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2025}} | 39th Goya Awards || Best Editing || ''Little Loves'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-goya-2025-palmares-completo-ganadores5680269-5680269/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Premios Goya 2025 {{!}} Palmarés completo: todos los ganadores de la noche del histórico triunfo compartido de 'El 47' y 'La infiltrada'|date=9 February 2025}}</ref>}} |}

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