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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, he is the creator of Física o Química and Elite.

Biography

Carlos Montero was born on 9 October 1972 in Celanova, Province of Ourense, Montero earned a licentiate degree in Information Sciences (Journalism) from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).

Career

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. He was the creator of another popular teen drama series, Física o Química (2008–2011). He co-wrote together with Jaime Vaca the screenplay of the Daniel Calparsoro's film Combustión, released in 2013.

He also worked in other television series such as El tiempo entre costuras (The Time in Between), Apaches, and El comisario.

Working for Netflix, he created the teen drama series Élite together with Darío Madrona and created the Netflix series El desorden que dejas (The Mess You Leave Behind), an adaptation of his own novel, winner of the 2016 Premio Primavera de Novela. 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. He co-created together with Agustín Martínez the Netflix fantasy thriller series Feria, which began filming in 2021.

In 2024, he was showrunner, co-writer and executive producer on the hospital-set drama Breathless for Netflix.

Filmography

Movies

Television

Novels

• 2012: Los tatuajes no se borran con láser
• 2016: The Mess You Leave Behind (Premio Primavera de Novela [es] 2016)

References

1. ^ Llanos Martínez, Héctor (4 November 2018). "De 'Al salir de clase' a 'Élite', Carlos Montero lleva dos décadas haciendo series adolescentes". Verne. El País.
2. "Así va a ser el retorno como miniserie de Física o Química". El Mundo. 23 April 2020.
3. ^ "Carlos Montero, Premio Primavera de Novela por "El desorden que dejas"". El Periódico. 18 February 2016.
4. "El celanovés Carlos Montero gana el 'Primavera de Novela'". La Región. 18 February 2016.
5. "Recta final para el rodaje de "Combustión", una "Fast & Furious" a la española". ABC Guionistas. 21 November 2012.
6. ^ Jiménez, Adrián (7 January 2019). "Los trabajos de Carlos Montero y Darío Madrona, creadores de 'Élite'". Ecartelera.
7. "America Reads Spanish".
8. Granada, Emiliano (19 February 2020). "Carlos Montero on New Netflix Original 'The Mess You Leave Behind'". Variety. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
9. Onieva, Álvaro (14 December 2020). "El final de 'El desorden que dejas', analizado por su creador y actores". Fuera de Series.
10. Gimeno, Santiago (15 January 2019). "'Gente que viene y bah': Conoce en EXCLUSIVA al personaje que interpreta Carmen Maura". SensaCine.
11. Gómez, Susana C (16 February 2021). ""No hay que renunciar al localismo o borrar la identidad española con la intención de cruzar fronteras"". Diario de Sevilla.
12. Lang, Jamie (May 9, 2024). "'Elite' Creator Carlos Montero Shares First Images of New Netflix Medical Drama 'Breathless' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
13. "Carlos Montero gana el Primavera de Novela con 'El desorden que dejas'". Diario de Sevilla. 18 February 2016.
14. Granada, Emiliano (18 February 2020). "Carlos Montero on New Netflix Original 'The Mess You Leave Behind'". Variety.

• 1972 births
• People from the Province of Ourense
• Writers from Galicia (Spain)
• Spanish male screenwriters
• Spanish LGBTQ screenwriters
• Living people
• 21st-century Spanish LGBTQ people
• Complutense University of Madrid alumni