Aix-Marseille University Francisco Villarroel (born May 5, 1965) is a Venezuelan lawyer, writer, screenwriter and filmmaker.

He is best known for the 2019 film Two Autumns in Paris, which is the adaptation of his novel of the same name published in 2007.

[1][2] Francisco Villarroel graduated as a lawyer from Santa Maria University, carrying out postgraduate and master's degree studies in France and Malta.

He is a Doctor and Emeritus Professor at the Universidad Marítima del Caribe.

[7][8][9] In 2020, he directed his first film, Webidemic, whose original script he also wrote.