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{{Infobox person
| name                    = Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
| image                   = Jcfresnadillo.jpg
| imagesize               = 
| caption                 = Fresnadillo in 2002
| birth_date              = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|12|5}}
| birth_place             = [[Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]]
| occupation              = Director, producer, writer
| yearsactive             = 1986–present
}}

'''Juan Carlos Fresnadillo''' (born 5 December 1967) is a Spanish film director, script writer, and producer. He directed ''[[Intacto]]'' and ''[[28 Weeks Later]]'', the sequel to [[Danny Boyle]]'s ''[[28 Days Later]]''. His film ''Esposados'' was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film]] in 1996.

==Biography==

===Early life===
Fresnadillo was born in [[Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]]. In 1977, at the age of nine, he witnessed the aftermath of the [[Tenerife airport disaster]], which in part inspired his 2001 film ''Intacto''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gonzalez|first1=Ed|title=Intacto|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/intacto|website=Slant Magazine|date=7 November 2002 |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> In 1985, Fresnadillo moved to [[Madrid]].

===Movie career===
He started out in photography and cinema studies and then began his career in short films. In 1987, he set up a production company which produced several short films and commercials.<ref name="Filmbug">[http://www.filmbug.com/db/342848 Filmbug].</ref> Fresnadillo went on to become a production assistant for [[Gustavo Fuertes]]' short film ''El juicio final'' (1991) (U.S. title ''[[The Final Judgement]]'').

In 1996, he made his directorial debut with the black-and-white short film ''Esposados'' (U.S. title: ''Linked''), for which he was also the executive producer. This black comedy tells the story of a couple who are constantly fighting over money; when they find themselves winning the Christmas lottery, however, they have such different ideas about what to do next that the husband tries to get rid of his wife. ''Esposados'' won 40 national and international awards.<ref name="Filmbug"/> It was also nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for Best Short Film in the same year, making Fresnadillo an overnight star in Spain.

In 2001, he directed his first full-length picture, the thriller ''[[Intacto]]''. The film received several awards, most notably two 2002 Goya Awards (one of them for Fresnadillo in the category of ''Best New Director'') and six further Goya nominations.

Fresnadillo then completed the 3-minute black-and-white picture ''Psicotaxi'' (2002), starring and portraying [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]].

In 2006, he directed ''[[28 Weeks Later]]'', the sequel to [[Danny Boyle]]'s 2002 film ''[[28 Days Later]]''.

On 7 April 2011, it was announced that he would be directing and co-writing the screenplay for the remake of ''[[The Crow (1994 film)|The Crow]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moviefy.net/directors-crew/juan-carlos-fresnadillo-will-direct-the-crow/|title=Hacked by ice-cream|date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090812/http://moviefy.net/directors-crew/juan-carlos-fresnadillo-will-direct-the-crow/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> In October 2011, news broke that Fresnadillo was no longer attached to [[The Crow (2024 film)|the ''Crow'' remake]].<ref>{{cite web|author=MrDisgusting on October 14, 2011 |url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/26741/ |title='The Crow' Dying, No Actor or Director Attached... |publisher=Bloody Disgusting! |date=2011-10-14 |access-date=2016-06-13}}</ref>

On 25 August 2014, ''Variety'' reported that Fresnadillo was in talks to develop and possibly direct a thriller titled ''The Last Witness'' about the lone survivor of a bomb attack in Boston.<ref>{{cite web|title = '28 Weeks Later' Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo in Talks for Thriller 'Last Witness'|url = https://variety.com/2014/film/news/28-weeks-later-director-juan-carlos-fresnadillo-in-talks-for-thriller-last-witness-1201290209/|website = Variety|access-date = 2015-11-05|language = en-US}}</ref>

In November 2020, he was attached to direct the [[Millie Bobby Brown]] film ''[[Damsel (2024 film)|Damsel]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=D'Alessandro|first1=Anthony|date=2020-11-11|title=Millie Bobby Brown To Star In & Executive Produce Netflix Fantasy Movie 'Damsel'|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/millie-bobby-brown-to-star-in-executive-produce-netflix-fantasy-movie-damsel-1234612845/|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Deadline}}</ref>

==Filmography==
'''Short film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year 
! Title 
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Writer
! width=65 | Executive<br>Producer
|-
| 1991
| ''El extraño pacto''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 1996
| ''Esposados'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2002
| ''Psicotaxi''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2019
| ''4X''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|}

'''Feature film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year 
! Title 
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Writer
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Intacto]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2007
| ''[[28 Weeks Later]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Intruders (2011 film)|Intruders]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}} 
|-
| 2012
| ''La senda''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Damsel (2024 film)|Damsel]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|}

'''Television'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year 
! Title 
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Executive<br />Producer
! Notes
|-
| 1990
| ''Blanco''
| {{Yes}}
| {{no}}
| TV movie
|-
|rowspan=2| 2016
| ''[[Falling Water (TV series)|Falling Water]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Episode "Don't Tell Bill"
|-
| ''Prototype''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| TV movie
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Salvation (TV series)|Salvation]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Episode "Pilot"
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0294379|Juan Carlos Fresnadillo}}

{{Juan Carlos Fresnadillo}}
{{Goya Award for Best New Director}}


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[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]
[[Category:Film directors from the Canary Islands]]
[[Category:Spanish horror film directors]]
[[Category:Spanish expatriates in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:21st-century Spanish screenwriters]]

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