He holds a degree in accounting from Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción".

He was keyboardist of the rock band Gaudí (1996–2010), with whom he recorded 3 albums "Radio Fábula" (1996), "Turbo" (1999), and "La Vida es Más" (2010).

Fran won a scholarship to attend the Laboratory of Music for Film in 2013, which belongs to film laboratories for professionals in Mexico City (Mexico).

[2] He is known for his work on "7 Boxes" (2012) award-winning for Film in Progress at the International Film Festival of San Sebastian and nominated for Goya Awards, "#Ya" (2015) World Premiere at the 65th Berlinale - Generation 14 Plus Competition, "Peaches" (2017) named as The Raindance Film of the Festival Award, "Selva" (2017) nominee for La Semaine de la Critique - Cannes competition, "3 feet" (2019) winner of the Special City Award at the Kineko International Children's Film Festival, and "Cazando Gamusinos" (2019) winner of The Children Jury Special Mention at the Tbilisi International Animation Festival.

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