David Trueba

Writing

David Trueba

Born

1969-09-10 (57)

Place of birth

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Known for

Writing

Credits

58 titles

David Rodríguez Trueba was born on 10 September 1969 in Madrid, the youngest of 8 siblings. In 1987, he joined the Complutense University of Madrid to study journalism. He later took a 1-year course on scriptwriting at the American Film Institute, where he penned the base script of The Worst Years of Our Lives.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

2000s · 5 titles

Goodbye from the Heart poster
6.4

Juan is now in his fifties, has a protruding belly, dyes his hair gray and lives alone with a cat who has urinary problems, but despite this, women still find him attractive.

Goodbye from the Heart

2000

El último truco poster
7.5

Documentary film about visual effects master Emilio Ruiz del Rio. From his early works on films at 1942, to his last contribution at 2007, Emilio Ruiz talks on his film experiences and traditional trickery, using foreground miniatures, glass shots, and painted cut out miniatures. It shows interviews with some of the professionals he has worked with, like, Rafaela de Laurentiis, Ray Harryhausen, Guillermo del Toro, or Enzo Castellari

El último truco

2008

El elefante del rey poster
6.4

North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an apparently irrelevant act that, however, will be paramount to understand the Spain of 20th century; an animal from far lands that will become a symbol of the Second Spanish Republic, the communist movement and many other things; a royal hunting that marks the beginning of a bizarre story of jealousy, passion, political intrigues and taxidermy.

El elefante del rey

2003

No Pain, No Gain poster
6.2

David is a teenager who feels he doesn't belong to a life where his family, friends and the girl he loves seem not to understand him.

No Pain, No Gain

2001

No artwork available
NR

A long talk with the Spanish screenwriter Rafael Azcona, who's credited in the writing of more than 100 films. He's well-known for his colourful scripts, indulging in picaresque characters and flavourful dialogue, but has a wide range of facets. He worked for filmmakers like Luis García Berlanga, Marco Ferreri, Carlos Saura, Fernando Trueba and José Luis García Sánchez.

Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista

2007

1990s · 4 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Dance with the Devil poster
6.5

She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corpses and spicing it all with voodoo rituals. Together, the duo sets off toward Mexico destined to become the most feared outlaws in the continent.

Dance with the Devil

1997

Madrid, 1987 poster
6.6

In 1987 Madrid, the unexpected encounter between a seasoned journalist and a young student leads to a profound exploration of love, desire, politics, power, and discovery of each other.

Madrid, 1987

2012

Madrid, 1987 poster
6.6

In 1987 Madrid, the unexpected encounter between a seasoned journalist and a young student leads to a profound exploration of love, desire, politics, power, and discovery of each other.

Madrid, 1987

2012

Madrid, 1987 poster
6.6

In 1987 Madrid, the unexpected encounter between a seasoned journalist and a young student leads to a profound exploration of love, desire, politics, power, and discovery of each other.

Madrid, 1987

2012

The Girl of Your Dreams poster
6.5

During the Spanish Civil War, a troupe of Spanish filmmakers is invited to shoot a film at UFA studios in Nazi Germany.

The Girl of Your Dreams

1998

Jokes & Cigarettes poster
7.1

Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.

Jokes & Cigarettes

2023

Jokes & Cigarettes poster
7.1

Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.

Jokes & Cigarettes

2023

Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed poster
6.8

Spain, 1966. An English teacher who travels to Almería when he hears that John Lennon is making a film there befriends with a 16-year-old boy who has run away from home and a young girl who also seems to be running away from something.

Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed

2013

Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed poster
6.8

Spain, 1966. An English teacher who travels to Almería when he hears that John Lennon is making a film there befriends with a 16-year-old boy who has run away from home and a young girl who also seems to be running away from something.

Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed

2013

Memories of My Father poster
7.5

In the polarized and violent Medellín (Colombia's 'City of Eternal Spring') of the 1970s, doctor Héctor Abad Gómez is concerned about both his children and children from less favored classes. After a devastating loss in the family, Héctor gives himself to the greater cause of public health programs for the poor in Medellín to the consternation of the city's authorities.

Memories of My Father

2020

Two Much poster
5.5

A struggling Miami art gallerist incurs the wrath of a mobster when he becomes accidentally engaged to his flighty ex-wife, but he falls in love with the woman's sister, so he invents a twin brother and plays both parts to satisfy the women.

Two Much

1995

Los muertos no se tocan, nene poster
4.8

Logroño, 1959. The death of a local authority creates a double expectation in his family, the coming of the TV set the deceased bought and the mayor to attend the funeral. His grandson (Airas Brispo) will witness the grotesque situations.

Los muertos no se tocan, nene

2011

I Come poster
7.0

Caco is a proud, handsome man, head of a family, and very powerful in the local community. Yet he has been torn to pieces by the death of his beloved daughter. He constantly visits her grave, weeps silently at her photo and has transferred all his wildly protective love and attention onto his mentally challenged nephew, Diego. It seems that Diego's father, Caco's brother, is in hiding after having killed a man from the Caravaca family, who are equally powerful in the community. They are looking for vengeance and have come to Caco for justice. When he refuses to betray his brother, the Caravacas grow impatient. When they realize they are getting nowhere, they threaten to kill Diego. Despite his fierce pride, Caco eventually realizes that the cycle of killing and revenge must be broken. But how can he achieve this and protect everyone he loves?

I Come

2000

Amo tu cama rica poster
6.7

Pedro goes out searching for a girl, but the night doesn't seem to be good. While he is talking with a friend, he sees Sara breaking up with a boy. He goes after her, and they end up sleeping in his house. Time goes by and they continue together. But Sara has too many men around and Pablo can't stand that. Their relation is difficult, they love each other but, at the same time, they can not be together.

Amo tu cama rica

1992

Soldiers of Salamina poster
6.4

Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.

Soldiers of Salamina

2003

Soldiers of Salamina poster
6.4

Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.

Soldiers of Salamina

2003

Casi 40 poster
6.3

Two old friends. An ex couple. A music tour. Two lives to meet again.

Casi 40

2018

Casi 40 poster
6.3

Two old friends. An ex couple. A music tour. Two lives to meet again.

Casi 40

2018

With Good Reason poster
4.7

A multi-part feature on the governing body of Spain, the Popular Party under Jose María Aznar. Themes include the bombing of Iraq, immigration, U.S. fire in Baghdad, and the manipulation of the media.

With Good Reason

2004

Always Winter poster
5.4

Miguel, a landscape architect, travels to Belgium with his girlfriend Marta to attend a conference. There, his relationship comes to an abrupt end, and after breaking up with his partner, he decides to stay on alone for a few more days to try to figure out his future. Broken and confused, Miguel meets Olga, a woman who works as a volunteer at the architecture conference. With her by his side, he will begin to rebuild himself and understand his new life project.

Always Winter

2025

Always Winter poster
5.4

Miguel, a landscape architect, travels to Belgium with his girlfriend Marta to attend a conference. There, his relationship comes to an abrupt end, and after breaking up with his partner, he decides to stay on alone for a few more days to try to figure out his future. Broken and confused, Miguel meets Olga, a woman who works as a volunteer at the architecture conference. With her by his side, he will begin to rebuild himself and understand his new life project.

Always Winter

2025

The Worst Years of Our Lives poster
5.3

Alberto lives with his parents and his brother Roberto, quite attractive, who tells him there are lots of girls. Alberto is a romantic guy, and doesn't find a girl for his own. He knew he was in love as soon as he saw Maria, although he was not very sure of what she thought. His brother told him he would help with her, but things get difficult when Roberto also likes Maria.

The Worst Years of Our Lives

1994

Balseros poster
6.5

In the summer of 1994, a team of public television reporters filmed and interviewed seven Cubans a few days before their risky venture of setting out to sea in homemade rafts to reach the coast of the United States. Six made it far enough to be picked up at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard. When these balseros (rafters) were finally allowed to go to the United States, the film crew went with them to a string of several cities. Seven years later, the film crew visits them again, to discover that their destiny has been in the United States. Theirs is a true story about some of the authentic survivors of our times, the human adventure of people who are shipwrecked between two worlds.

Balseros

2002

The Good Life poster
6.2

Tristan is about to turn fifteen. He enjoys the good life his parents have built for him. And yet, it won't be long before his environment of protection, affection and comfort crumbles. From then on, he will learn the taste of loneliness, sadness and that survival is often more important than life.

The Good Life

1996

The Good Life poster
6.2

Tristan is about to turn fifteen. He enjoys the good life his parents have built for him. And yet, it won't be long before his environment of protection, affection and comfort crumbles. From then on, he will learn the taste of loneliness, sadness and that survival is often more important than life.

The Good Life

1996

Bienvenido a casa poster
5.3

Young couple Samuel and Eva move to Madrid and start living together when he finds work as a photographer. Although Samuel doesn't knows, Eva's expecting a baby.

Bienvenido a casa

2006

Bienvenido a casa poster
5.3

Young couple Samuel and Eva move to Madrid and start living together when he finds work as a photographer. Although Samuel doesn't knows, Eva's expecting a baby.

Bienvenido a casa

2006

Salir de casa poster
NR

After almost thirty years of his career, the musician Fran Nixon joins film director David Trueba for a travel around Spain in which they'll talk about it and meet some friends.

Salir de casa

2016

Salir de casa poster
NR

After almost thirty years of his career, the musician Fran Nixon joins film director David Trueba for a travel around Spain in which they'll talk about it and meet some friends.

Salir de casa

2016

Salir de casa poster
NR

After almost thirty years of his career, the musician Fran Nixon joins film director David Trueba for a travel around Spain in which they'll talk about it and meet some friends.

Salir de casa

2016

El hombre bueno poster
4.3

Vera and Juan have made the decision to divorce and want Alonso to act as a Good Man, a kind of mediator to help them in the process. Isolated in an idyllic house by the sea, the time will come for all of them to reveal their secrets and to confront the idea of love and loss.

El hombre bueno

2024

El hombre bueno poster
4.3

Vera and Juan have made the decision to divorce and want Alonso to act as a Good Man, a kind of mediator to help them in the process. Isolated in an idyllic house by the sea, the time will come for all of them to reveal their secrets and to confront the idea of love and loss.

El hombre bueno

2024

No artwork available
NR

A long talk with the Spanish screenwriter Rafael Azcona, who's credited in the writing of more than 100 films. He's well-known for his colourful scripts, indulging in picaresque characters and flavourful dialogue, but has a wide range of facets. He worked for filmmakers like Luis García Berlanga, Marco Ferreri, Carlos Saura, Fernando Trueba and José Luis García Sánchez.

Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista

2007

Obra maestra poster
5.1

Two cinephile weirdos kidnap a famous actress to force her to star in a little movie they're making with an 8mm camera.

Obra maestra

2000

Obra maestra poster
5.1

Two cinephile weirdos kidnap a famous actress to force her to star in a little movie they're making with an 8mm camera.

Obra maestra

2000

¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz? 5 años después poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz? 5 años después

2016

¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz? 5 años después poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz? 5 años después

2016

Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen poster
6.3

Spanish filmmaker David Trueba travels to New York to interview Woody Allen, who reviews his filmography and his many personal and artistic concerns.

Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen

2024

Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen poster
6.3

Spanish filmmaker David Trueba travels to New York to interview Woody Allen, who reviews his filmography and his many personal and artistic concerns.

Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen

2024

Manuel Vicent. Mañana seré feliz poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Manuel Vicent. Mañana seré feliz

2026