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{{family name hatnote|Gutiérrez|Sánchez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name  = Sergio G. Sánchez
| image = Premios Goya 2018 - Sergio G Sánchez.jpg
| imagesize = 
| caption = Sánchez at the [[32nd Goya Awards]] in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1973}}
| birth_place = [[Oviedo]], Spain
| birth_name = Sergio Gutiérrez Sánchez
| years_active = 2000–present
| occupation = [[Film director]], [[screenwriter]]
}}
'''Sergio Gutiérrez Sánchez''' (born 1973)<ref name="pereda" /> is a Spanish [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]]. 
Sánchez has written and directed his own screenplays for short films such as ''Temporada baja'' (2003) and ''7337'' (2000).

Born in [[Oviedo]],<ref name="pereda">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20170927/sergio-sanchez-debuta-direccion-san-sebastian-6314603|website=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|title=Sergio G. Sánchez: el guionista de Bayona vuela solo|date=27 September 2017|first=Olga|last=Pereda}}</ref> Sánchez's first film script was for ''[[The Orphanage (2007 film)|The Orphanage]]'' in 1996.<ref name="indielondon">{{cite web |url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/the-orphanage-juan-antonio-bayona-interview |title=The Orphanage – Juan Antonio Bayona interview |accessdate=2008-10-27 |publisher=indieLondon |date= }}</ref> Sánchez originally wanted to direct the script but he was repeatedly turned down by various Spanish production companies.<ref name="interviewDeadbolt2">{{cite web |url=http://www.thedeadbolt.com/news/102913/bayonasanchez_interview.php |title=Deadbolt Interview |accessdate=2008-10-28 |author=Brian Tallerico |publisher=The Dead Bolt}}</ref> While Sánchez was working on the short film ''7337'', he met with director [[Juan Antonio Bayona]] and offered him the script to direct.<ref name="aintitcool">{{cite web |url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/34414 |title=Quint interviews Juan Antonio Bayona and Sergio Sanchez about the nifty horror flick The Orphanage |accessdate=2008-10-28 |publisher=Aintitcoolnews|date=2007-10-12}}</ref><ref name="official_aboutscreenplay">{{cite web |url=http://www.theorphanagemovie.com/ |title=About the Screenplay |accessdate=2008-10-27 |publisher=[[Picturehouse (company)|Picturehouse]] |date= }}</ref> ''[[The Orphanage (2007 film)|The Orphanage]]'' was a large hit and Sánchez was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2008 [[Goya Awards]] in Spain.<ref name="allmovieawards">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:389195~T4 |title= The Orphanage Awards |accessdate=2008-10-27 |publisher=Allmovie }}</ref>

In May 2009, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that Sánchez would re-team up with ''The Orphanage'' director [[Juan Antonio Bayona]], on a production by [[Madrid, Spain|Madrid]]-based Apaches Entertainment, Telecinco Cinema, and Spongeman, Bayona's own [[Barcelona]]-based label.<ref name="varietyDuoUnite">{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003632.html?categoryid=3565&cs=1&nid=2564 |title='Orphanage' duo to reunite |accessdate=2009-05-25 |publisher=Variety|date=2009-05-14 | first=John | last=Hopewell}}</ref> Sánchez completed a first-draft screenplay in late April.<ref name="varietyDuoUnite"/>
The film, called ''[[The Impossible (2012 film)|The Impossible]]'', was filmed in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://screenbase.screendaily.com/films/816|title=The Impossible|work=Screenbase|publisher=[[Screen International]]|accessdate=2010-12-20|archive-date=2022-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303164114/http://screenbase.screendaily.com/films/816|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Writer
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Orphanage (2007 film)|The Orphanage]]'' 
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|rowspan=2| 2012
| ''[[The End (2012 film)|The End]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| ''[[The Impossible (2012 film)|The Impossible]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Palm Trees in the Snow]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Marrowbone (film)|Marrowbone]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The Girl in the Mirror]]'' (TV series)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/sergio-g-s%C3%A1nchez-p553788 Sergio G. Sánchez] at [[Allmovie]]
*{{IMDb name|1037221|Sergio G. Sánchez}}
{{Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay}}


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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Oviedo]]
[[Category:Spanish horror film directors]]
[[Category:21st-century Spanish screenwriters]]
[[Category:Spanish male screenwriters]]

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