Carlos Montero Castiñeira | |
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Nationality | Spanish |
Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
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Years active | 1993–present |
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Carlos Montero Castiñeira (born 9 October 1972) is a Spanish screenwriter, film producer, film director and television producer. Featuring an extensive background as writer of teen drama television series, [1] he is the creator of Física o Química and Elite. [2]
Carlos Montero was born on 9 October 1972 in Celanova, Province of Ourense, [3] Montero earned a licentiate degree in Information Sciences (Journalism) from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). [4]
Starting at 25 years old, he wrote the screenplay of hundreds of episodes of the teen drama series Al salir de clase from 1997 to 1999. [1] He was the creator of another popular teen drama series, Física o Química (2008–2011). [1] He co-wrote together with Jaime Vaca the screenplay of the Daniel Calparsoro's film Combustión, [5] released in 2013.
He also worked in other television series such as El tiempo entre costuras (The Time in Between), [1] Apaches, [1] and El comisario. [6]
Working for Netflix, he created the teen drama series Élite together with Darío Madrona [6] and created the Netflix series El desorden que dejas (The Mess You Leave Behind), an adaptation of his own novel, [7] [8] [9] winner of the 2016 Premio Primavera de Novela. [3] He partnered again with Madrona to write the screenplay of the 2019 film Gente que viene y bah (In Family I Trust), adapting the novel by Laura Norton. [10] He co-created together with Agustín Martínez the Netflix fantasy thriller series Feria, [11] which began filming in 2021.
Year | Movie | Director | Notes |
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1993 | En casa de Diego | Film Director | |
1995 | David | Film Director | |
2003 | La vida aquí | Jesús Font | Screenwriter |
2010 | Dinero fácil | Film Director Screenwriter Film Producer | |
2011 | Dieciséis | Film Director | |
2013 | Combustion | Daniel Calparsoro | Screenwriter |
2013 | Boys on Film 9: Youth in trouble | Film Director | |
2016 | Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot | María Ripoll | Screenwriter |
2019 | In Family I Trust | Patricia Font | Screenwriter |
Year | Title | Channel | Notes |
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1997–1998 | Al salir de clase | Telecinco | |
2000–2004 | El comisario | Screenwriter | |
2005 | Maneras de sobrevivir | La 1 | Creator Original Idea |
2006–2007 | Génesis: en la mente del asesino | Cuatro | Creator Original Idea |
2008–2011 | Física o Química | Antena 3 | Creator Screenwriter |
2013 | The Time in Between | Screenwriter | |
2013–2014 | Vive cantando | Screenwriter | |
2014 | Cuéntame un cuento | Screenwriter | |
2017 | Apaches | Netflix | Screenwriter |
2018–present | Elite | Creator Producer | |
2020 | The Mess You Leave Behind | Creator | |
2021 | Élite: historias breves | Creator Screenwriter | |
2021 | Feria | Creator Screenwriter Producer | |
2023 | In Love All Over Again | Creator Screenwriter Producer |