Angeles González-Sinde is a screenwriter and film and television director. She won a Goya Award for best screenplay for “La buena estrella” and another for best new director for “La suerte dormida”. She has also directed the feature films “El comensal” (2022), adapted from the novel of the same name by Gabriela Ybarra; “Una palabra tuya” (2008), adapted from the novel by Elvira Lindo; “A mí quién me cuida” (2006) for Canal Sur and TV3; “La suerte dormida” (2004). She is currently preparing “Después de Kim”, to be shot in 2025. Her latest work as a director is the documentary “La conquista de la democracia”, which RTVE will premiere in 2025.
She is the screenwriter of several feature films, such as “Tierra baja” by Miguel Santesmases; “Todos estamos invitados” and “La vida que te espera” by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón; “Mentiras y gordas” and “Entre vivir y soñar” by Menkes and Albacete; “Los aires difíciles, Heroína, El misterio de Galíndez, Las razones de mis amigos by Gerardo Herrero; Segunda piel by Gerardo Vera; La puta y la ballena by Luis Puenzo; Antigua vida mía by Héctor Olivera; 7 minutos by Daniela Fejerman; Otra ciudad by Silvia Quer.
She has been awarded the Cartelera Turia Prize, the Best Film Prize at the Nantes Spanish Film Festival, the Mestre Mateo Prize at the Galician Film Academy, the Best Screenplay Prize at the Malaga Film Festival, the Silver Lighthouse at the L’Alfas del Pi Film Festival, the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos Medal, among others.
A versatile writer, as a novelist she was a finalist for the Planeta Prize, winner of the Edebé Prize for Children’s Literature, and is also a playwright. Her work in television ranges from comedies to daily series (five seasons of “Amar es para siempre”) or primetime dramas (Bosé). She has a degree in Classics and an MFA from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.
