Álvaro Fernández Armero

He studied philosophy and later trained in various fields of filmmaking. Director and screenwriter, Alvaro Fernandez Armero debuted in 1992 with the winning short film Goya 'El Columpio'. 

Works

Sabuesos

Max is a Jack Russell dog genetically modified for criminal purposes so he is able to talk. Running away from the criminals he's working for, he is wounded, then saved by detective-wannabe Alberto, who is fire and house-hunting. They end up staying with Alberto's sister-in-law Marta and her two children. Thanks to them all, Alberto finally manages to be a detective, and he and Max establish their detective agency: Sabuesos.

Release Date2018-07-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count7

HIT

Atypical and highly unconventional high school teacher Hugo Ibarra tries to solve the problems of his most conflictive ESO students through alternative educational practices.

Release Date2020-09-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count19

Spanish Shame

Release Date2017-11-24

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count24

We Apologize For The Inconveniences

Rafael Müller is an acclaimed conductor; Rafael Jiménez is an old rock glory who refuses to hang his ax. Both will fight to continue fitting in a fast and young world that insists on taking them out of the game.

Release Date2022-04-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count9

Cazadores de hombres

Release Date2008-10-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Still Life with Ghosts

In a small town haunted by the struggles of life and death, ghosts and humans alike embark on a desperate journey to end their torment, resorting to extreme measures to achieve their goals.

Release Date2025-02-07

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count7

If I Were a Rich Man

A man which wife is filing to divorce him wins 25 million EUR in the lotto, hiding her to prevent sharing the half of the prize.

Release Date2019-11-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count155

A Moroccan Affair

Follows the Díaz-Aguirre family, whose perfect universe turns upside down after the death of the patriarch, who in his will asks his wife to recover the 'Sardinete', his first fishing boat which is rusting in a Moroccan port.

Release Date2023-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count92

Alfonso, El Principe Maldito

Release Date2010-09-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Tales of the Lockdown

An apprentice hit man who wants to surpass his mentor, two friends whom everyone except themselves sees as a couple, a Real Madrid football player about to embark on an acting career, a serial killer with a heart who finds his soul mate and a corrupt landowner cornered when a “parcel” arrives at his door make up these five self-contained stories, ranging from romantic comedy to drama, as well as terror, dark humour and thriller.

Release Date2020-07-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Los Muértimer

It tells the story of five friends who discover a jewel theft plot in a cemetery without any adult believing them.

Release Date2025-08-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

1000 Miles From Christmas

An auditor who completely despises Christmas is sent to a small town for work, where he meets a woman determined to change his view about the holiday.

Release Date2021-12-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count122

Quarantine Diaries

The series shows how coexistence is pushed to the limit and a realistic and intimate reflection of what happens in our houses during confinement. Small anecdotes that arise in the homes of several protagonists and a starting situation: being locked up at home.

Release Date2020-04-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

Vote Count9

Algo que celebrar

Release Date2015-01-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Sidetracked

A rural couple in crisis, who have a brother and sister with urban problems, and all of them trying to find a solution.

Release Date2015-01-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count69

Brujas

Three women from three different generations and walks of life find themselves in a very hot, semi-deserted Spanish town. Patricia is a 17 year old roaming Spain in search for a certain man; Sol is 27, a door-to-door salesgirl in dire economic straits who has just been thrown out of her apartment; and Virginia is a middle aged housewife, who after 20 years decides to start a new life. These three spend a very unique 24 hour period together, often acting, as the title suggests, as modern day "witches".

Release Date1996-04-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count9

The Art of Dying

Four years after his disappearance, the mysterious case of Nacho, a young and promising painter, is reopened by the police.

Release Date2000-03-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count20

Todo es mentira

Pablo hates everything. When Lucia comes into his life, he thinks she's the woman he dreams of, and sees the solution to all his problems. But Lucia, who is rather manipulating, is just what will make Pablo explode. Nobody believes in the ideal couple, not even Pablo's friends, who live all in couples, and all with problems: Between Ariel and Lola there is a professional rivalty they don't know how to cope with; Claudio lives on Natalia, and none of them feels good about it; what's wrong with Alejandro and Beatriz is just the big age difference between them two. Nobody is happy with his partenaire, but everyone will let it be, maybe for conformism, maybe for fear, maybe for lazyness, or maybe because Everything is false.

Release Date1994-10-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count13

The Game of Truth

Four friends (two couples) play a game of truth on the evening after one of them, Ernesto, is mistakenly told by a doctor he has only three months to live. Ernesto's a sad sack, living with Lea at his parents', about to lose a job he got through his best friend, Alberto. Ernesto is also hopelessly in love with Alberto's fiancée, Susana - who, for her part, has gotten Lea a job as the sign-language interpreter on a local TV news show Susana anchors, a job Lea is about to lose. The truths that come out during the game, especially Ernesto's desire for Susana, create havoc. Alberto and Susana's wedding and Ernesto's new test results are coming soon.

Release Date2004-09-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8

Blinkers

A drama centered on a soccer referee whose reputation is threatened by his controversial decisions.

Release Date2007-09-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count13

Nada en la nevera

Carlota works as an ambulance driver for the SAMUR. She becomes infatuated with porno-comic artist Number One, whom she meets after the latter suffers indigestion from eating ten hard-boiled eggs. A trail of misunderstandings between them ensue. Told from the angle of each of the protagonists, Carlota begins by explaining her story and then Number One intertwines the story of the events with that of Carlota, allowing the viewer to appreciate the reason for the rude attitude towards her.

Release Date1998-10-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count9

El columpio

Late at night, a boy and a girl are waiting for the last train in a subway station, which is deserted but for them. They are thinking to themselves about their problems, and we hear their thoughts as voice over monologues. Soon they start exchanging casual glances; they find each other very attractive, and, separately but simultaneously, they start to fantasize about what would happen if they got together that night. They get really excited with this game in their minds; It's almost like they've fallen in love at first sight. And then they hear the train coming... they have to take a decision: Will they dare to say to each other what they're feeling before it's too late?

Release Date1993-01-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Ángel Nieto: 12+1

Angel Nieto won 13 world titles as a motorcycle racer between 1969 and 1984, but always referred to them as 12+1 due to his widely publicized superstitious nature. The documentary covers his entire career and a wide array of competitors, cyclists inspired by him and reporters who covered his career contribute their opinions and impressions regarding his fight to achieve and sustain his goal of world champion.

Release Date2005-11-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Por ser como eres

In an argument between the couple, she reproaches him for the way he is and blames him for their imminent break-up.

Release Date2010-12-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

Nada en la nevera (Remake) (W/T)

A remake of the 1998 Spanish comedy of the same name about an ambulance driver who finds herself in hot water after a chance meeting with a comic artist.

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Film Writer

Madrid, int.

Madrid, Spain, March 2020. As the merciless disease that plagues the world spreads through the increasingly deserted streets of the city, people barricades themselves in their homes and move on with their lives…

Release Date2020-05-09

Vote Count5

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