Jorge Guerricaechevarría

Edition 2022

(Avilés, 1964) He is a scriptwriter. Known for his work alongside Álex de la Iglesia – ‘Acción mutante’, ‘El día de la bestia’, ‘Muertos de risa’, ‘La comunidad’, ‘Perfectos desconocidos’, ‘800 balas’, ’30 Monedas’ -, and with Daniel Monzón (‘Yucatán’, ‘Celda 211’, ‘Las leyes de la frontera’). He also co-wrote ‘Carne trémula’ in conjunction with Pedro Almodóvar and ‘Quien a hierro mata’ with Juan Galiñanes. He has been nominated several times for the Goya Awards as a screenwriter, which he eventually won in the best adapted screenplay category for ‘Celda 211’, based on the novel of the same name by Francisco Pérez Gandul.