Cesc Gay Explained

Birth Name:	Francesc Gay Puig
Birth Place:	Barcelona, Spain

Francesc Gay Puig (born 1967), better known as Cesc Gay, is a Spanish film screenwriter and film director.^[1]

Biography

Francesc Gay Puig was born in Barcelona in 1967.^[2] His 2015 film Truman won Goya Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Ricardo Darín), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Cámara) and Best Original Screenplay (Cesc Gay and Tomás Aragay).^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1998	Hotel Room				^[4]
2000	Krámpack				^[5]
2003	En la ciudad				^[6]
2006	Ficció			Also composer	^[7]
2009	V.O.S: Versión Original Subtitulada				^[8]
2010	Alex			Short Film
2012	Una pistola en cada mano				^[9]
2015	Truman				^[10]
2019	Los Adoptantes
2020	Sentimental				^[11]
2022	Historias para no contar				^[12]

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2001-2006	Jet Lag			TV series 72 episodes
2009	50 Años de...			TV documentary series Episode "Canciones"
2012-2013	La Riera			TV series 19 episodes
2014	Encants: Diari D'Un Trasllat			TV documentary film
2018	Félix			TV Miniseries 6 episodes

Theatre

• "Los Vecinos de Arriba" (2015) (Author and director)

Notes and References

1. Book: Magí Crusells. Directores de cine en Cataluña: de la A a la Z. 2009. Edicions Universitat Barcelona. 978-84-475-3316-9. 118–119.
2. Web site: Directores de cine en Cataluña. De la A a la Z.. Universitat de Barcelona. 8 August 2022.
3. Web site: Hopewell. John. Mayorga. Emilio. Cesc Gay's 'Truman' Takes Big Prize at Spain's Goyas. Variety. 10 February 2016. 6 February 2016.
4. Web site: Seibert. Perry. Hotel Room (1998). Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 10 February 2016.
5. Web site: Ebert. Roger. Nico and Dani. 10 February 2016. 15 June 2001.
6. Web site: Deming. Mark. In the City (2003). https://web.archive.org/web/20140429154356/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/299045/In-the-City/overview. dead. 29 April 2014. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2014. 10 February 2016.
7. Web site: Deming. Mark. Ficcio (2006). Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 10 February 2016.
8. Web site: Deming. Mark. V.O.S. (2009). Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 10 February 2016.
9. Web site: Mintzer. Jordan. A Gun in Each Hand: Rome Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 10 February 2016. 20 November 2012.
10. Web site: Truman Review . 10 February 2016 . The Hollywood Reporter. 12 September 2015 .
11. Web site: Sentimental. Para espectadores que prefieren reflexionar, pero con una sonrisa.. Fotogramas. 29 October 2020. Juan. Pando.
12. Web site: Los estrenos más esperados del cine español en 2022. El Periódico de España. 30 December 2021.