[1] He is together with Pedro Almodóvar the awardee with most Goya Awards for Best Director (3), which he won with Barrio (1998), Mondays in the Sun (2002), and The Good Boss (2021).

[1] Born on 26 May 1968 in Madrid,[2] Fernando León de Aranoa was drawn to painting since early childhood and wanted to become an artist.

León de Aranoa then moved on to become a director, making the short film Sirenas (1994) which received a number of awards.

The film was presented in the official section of the San Sebastian Festival, where León de Aranoa earned the Silver Shell for Best Director.

Princesses (2005) would be his fourth film as director and screenwriter, and his debut as a producer after he created his own production company, Reposado.

The film was seen by more than a million viewers, and received three Goya Awards from the Spanish Academy of Cinema, for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Original Song, composed by Manu Chao.

In addition to writing his own films, León de Aranoa has worked as a screenwriter for other directors; he wrote the screenplays for Crazy Heart (1997) and Fausto 5.0 (2001).