Diego Galán

Diego Galán Fernández was born on 13 October 1946 in Tangier,^[1] where he was raised until moving to Madrid at age 19.^[2] He worked as an administrator and accountant.^[3] Beginning in 1967, he began to write film criticism for Nuestro cine and then Triunfo and El País.^[4][5]

Focusing on documentary filmmaking, he directed works such as Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones (2005), Con la pata quebrada (2013) and Manda huevos (2016).^[3] He also authored books such as 8 españoles de posguerra, Venturas y desventuras de la prima Angélica, Berlanga o el cine muerto de hambre, Fernando Fernán-Gómez, apasionadas andanzas de un señor muy pelirrojo, Emiliano Piedra, un productor, Jaime de Armiñán, and 15 cartas a Fernando Rey.^[6] In 2018, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Spanish Film Academy.^[6] He died in Madrid on 15 April 2019, aged 72.^[7]