David Rodríguez Trueba was born on 10 September 1969 in Madrid, the youngest of 8 siblings. In 1987, he joined the Complutense University of Madrid to study journalism. He later took a 1-year course on scriptwriting at the American Film Institute, where he penned the base script of The Worst Years of Our Lives.

Filmography

• 2026Manuel Vicent. Mañana seré feliz — Director, Writer
• 2025Always Winter — Novel, Screenplay, Director
• 2024El hombre bueno — Director, Writer
• 2024Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen — Self - Filmmaker, Director, Writer
• 2023Jokes & Cigarettes — Screenplay, Director
• Sofía y la vida real — Director
• The Sagrada Familia — Creator
• 2022¿Qué (diablos) es España?
• 2020A este lado del mundo — Director, Screenplay
• 2020Memories of My Father — Writer
• 2019Si me borrara el viento lo que yo canto — Script, Director
• 2018Casi 40 — Director, Writer
• 2017¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz? Buena racha — Director, Original Series Creator, Screenplay
• 2016Salir de casa — Self, Director, Producer, Writer
• 2016The Queen of Spain — Characters
• 2016¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz? 5 años después — Director, Writer, Original Series Creator
• 2013Ilusión
• 2013Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed — Director, Screenplay
• 2013The Wishful Thinkers — Technical Advisor
• 2012Madrid, 1987 — Writer, Director, Producer
• 2011Los muertos no se tocan, nene — Writer
• ¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz? — Director, Writer, Creator
• 2007Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista — Himself, Director
• 2006Bienvenido a casa — Director, Writer
• 2006La silla de Fernando — Director
• 2004With Good Reason — Director
• 2003El elefante del rey — Military Doctor
• 2003Soldiers of Salamina — Director, Screenplay, Editor
• 2002Balseros — Writer
• 2001No Pain, No Gain — Prof. Ética
• 2001Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella — Thanks
• 2000Goodbye from the Heart — Secretario del obispo
• 2000I Come — Screenplay
• 2000Obra maestra — Writer, Director
• 1998The Girl of Your Dreams — Writer
• 1998Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law — Thanks
• 1997Airbag
• 1997Dance with the Devil — Screenplay
• 1996The Good Life — Writer, Director
• 1995Two Much — Screenplay
• 1994The Worst Years of Our Lives — Espectador Cine, Writer
• 1992Amo tu cama rica — Chico imprenta, Writer
• 1992Evilio

Appearances as themselves (6)

• Usted está aquí — Self
• 2019Stories of Our Cinema — Himself - Filmmaker
• Al cotxe! — Self - Interviewee
• Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez — Self - Interviewee
• 2010Rafael Azcona — Self
• 2008El último truco — Self