Fernando Colomo

Fernando Colomo Gómez (born 2 February 1946) is a Spanish film producer, screenwriter and film director.^[1] He has also acted in small roles in his own and other's films. He is regarded as the father of the so-called comedia madrileña.^[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Colomo and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Fernando Colomo
Colomo at the 31st Goya Awards in 2017
Born	Fernando Colomo Gómez 2 February 1946 (1946-02-02) (age 78) Madrid, Spain
Occupation(s)	Film producer, director and screenwriter

Filmography

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1977	Tigres de papel	Yes	Yes	No
1978	De fresa, limón y menta	No	Yes	No
	What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?	Yes	Yes	No
1990	La mano negra	Yes	Yes	Yes
1982	Estoy en crisis	Yes	Yes	Yes
1983	La línea del cielo	Yes	Yes	No
1985	The Knight of the Dragon	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also additional spaceship designer
1987	La vida alegre	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also camera operator
1988	Miss Caribe	Yes	Yes	No
1989	Going South Shopping	Yes	No	No
	Las cosas del querer	No	Yes	No
1993	Rosa Rosae	Yes	Yes	No
1994	Alegre ma non troppo	Yes	Yes	Yes
1995	El efecto mariposa	Yes	Yes	No
1996	Eso	Yes	No	No
	El Cuarteto de la Habana	Yes	Yes	No
1998	Los años bárbaros	Yes	Yes	No
2003	Al sur de Granada	Yes	Yes	No
2006	El Próximo Oriente	Yes	Yes	No
2008	Rivales	Yes	No	No
2012	La Banda Picasso	Yes	Yes	No
2015	Isla bonita	Yes	Yes	Yes
2016	La noche que mi madre mató a mi padre	No	Yes	No
2018	The Tribe	Yes	Yes	No
2019	Antes de la quema	Yes	No	No
2021	Polyamory for Dummies	Yes	Yes	No
	Cuidado con lo que deseas	Yes	Story	No

Producer only

Year	Title	Notes
1980	Opera prima	Also art director
1989	El Baile del Pato
1992	Orquesta Club Virginia
1994	Mi hermano del alma
1995	Salto al vacío	Associate producer
	Entre Rojas
	Hola, ¿Estás sola?
1996	Not Love, Just Frenzy
1998	Atomica	Also dialogue supervisor
2002	My Mother Likes Women

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1974	Lola, paz y yo	No	Story	Yes
1975	En un parís marginado	Yes	Yes	Yes
1976	Usted va a ser mamá	Yes	Yes	No
	Pomporrutas imperiales	Yes	Yes	No
1980	Para unas prisas...	No	No	Yes
	Koñensonaten	Yes	Yes	No	Segment of Cuentos eróticos
2004	Mis 30 euros	Yes	No	No	Segemnt of ¡Hay motivo!
2019	Romeo y Julio	Yes	No	No	Advertising short
2023	Por las nubes	Yes	No	No	Medium-length film

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Sentados al borde de la mañana con los pies congelados	Sr. Ayuntamiento
1980	Cuentos Eroticos	Hombre buscando el servicio
1982	En Septiembre	Antiguo Alumno	Uncredited
1983	La línea del cielo	Invitado Fiesta
1985	The Knight of the Dragon	Guardián
1986	Werther
1987	La Vida Alegre
	El Pecador Impecable	El fraile
1992	Salsa Rosa	Vecino
1993	¿Por qué lo llaman amor cuando quieren decir sexo?	Aurelio Castro
1994	Todos los hombres sois iguales	Fernando
	Todo es Mentira	Alejandro
1995	Boca a Boca	Cirujano Plastico
1996	Eso		Uncredited
	Not Love, Just Frenzy	Fernando
	Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health	Maitre
1997	¿De que se ríen las mujeres?	Técnico sonido
1998	Atómica	Ginecólogo-Fiesta
1999	Sobreviviré	Juez de Paz	Uncredited
2002	My Mother Likes Women	Juez de Paz
2004	Things That Make Living Worthwhile	Encargado Chiquipark
	Entre vivir y soñar	Compañero de la academia de Frances
2008	Rivales		Uncredited
2015	Isla Bonita	Fer
2017	Operación Concha	Director
2018	The Tribe	Empleado	Uncredited
2021	El Club del Paro	Jugador Bus 1
2022	Pijamas Espáciales

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Notes
1991-1992	Las Chicas de hoy en día	Yes	Yes	No	Directed 21 episodes, wrote 26 episodes
1993-1994	Truhanes	No	Yes	No	2 episode
1994-1995	¡Ay, señor, señor!	Yes	No	No	4 episodes
1995	El Consultorio de la Doctora Delgado	Yes	Yes	Yes
1999	Famosos y familia	Yes	Yes	No
2001	Cegada de amor	Yes	Yes	No	TV movie
	Dime que me quieres	Yes	No	No	1 episode
2004	Los 80	Yes	Yes	Co-executive	Directed 3 episodes, wrote 1 episode
2010	El Pacto	Yes	No	No	Miniseries
2018	Burning. Noches de rock and roll	Yes	Yes	No	Documentary
2020	Relatos con-fin-a-dos	Yes	No	No	Episode "Emparedados"

Political activity

In the 2019 Spanish general election, he candidated to the Spanish Senate for Madrid within Recortes Cero - Grupo Verde - Partido Castellano - Tierra Comunera. His aim was to promote the list rather than becoming elected.^[3]

References

1. Alberto Mira (27 April 2010). The A to Z of Spanish Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-1-4616-7217-3.
2. Bujalance, Pablo (12 May 2021). ""No sé lo que es vivir a la madrileña, ni quiero saberlo"". Diario de Sevilla. Grupo Joly.
3. Fernando Colomo: "Los intelectuales tendrían que pringarse más de lo que se pringan en política" (in Spanish), Marta Nebot, Público, 23 April 2019.

External links

• Fernando Colomo at IMDb