Isabel Peña

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Isabel Peña
Premios Goya 2019 - Isabel Pena.jpg
At the 33rd Goya Awards in 2019
Born
Isabel Peña Domingo

1983
Zaragoza, Spain
Occupation Screenwriter

Isabel Peña Domingo (born 1983) is a Spanish screenwriter. She often works in tandem with Rodrigo Sorogoyen.

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Biography

Born in 1983 in Zaragoza, [1] she became a fan of classical cinema when she was very young. [2] She earned a degree in Comunicación Audiovisual from the University of Navarre and a degree in scriptwriting from the Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid (ECAM). [3]

She worked for the first time with Sorogoyen (whom she had met at the ECAM) in the screenwriting team of the television series Impares. [4]

Works

Film
Television

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2014 1st Feroz Awards Best Screenplay StockholmNominated [11]
2017 4th Feroz Awards Best Screenplay May God Save UsNominated [12]
31st Goya Awards Best Original Screenplay Nominated [13]
2019 6th Feroz Awards Best Screenplay The RealmWon [14]
33rd Goya Awards Best Original Screenplay Won [15]
2020 34th Goya Awards Best Adapted Screenplay MotherNominated [16]
2023 37th Goya Awards Best Original Screenplay The BeastsWon [17]

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