Trueba studied Imagen at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Informacion, was cinema critic for the newspaper 'EL PAIS' and for 'La Guia del Ocio' and also founded the journal "Casablanca". At the movies his first success was Ópera prima (1980) following the style of the "comedia madrilena". He had major success with Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985) starting a longer colaboration with the producer Andrés Vicente Gómez.
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Brother of David Trueba.
President of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [1988]
Quote on receiving the 1994 Oscar for Best Foreign Film (Belle Epoch): "I would like to believe in God, but I just believe in Billy Wilder."
([BAD_DATE_LOCALE en] 1981) Founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA and directed it during its first two years.
([BAD_DATE_LOCALE en] 1975) Worked as a film critic for Spain daily EL PAIS and weekly GUIA DEL OCIO
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