Ángeles González-Sinde Reig (born 7 April 1965) is a Spanish scriptwriter, film director and politician. She served as Minister of Culture of the Government of Spain from April 2009 until December 2011.[1] Her appointment was received with anger and rejection by the Spanish Internet Community, due to González-Sinde's opposition to P2P file sharing[2] and the alleged conflict of interest due to her ties to the film industry. A strict anti-piracy law enacted in Spain in December 2011 has become known colloquially as Ley Sinde, or the Sinde Law, as she was seen as the primary backer of the measure.[3]

Ángeles González-Sinde
At the 59th San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2011
Minister of Culture
In office 7 April 2009 – 22 December 2011
Prime Minister	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded by	César Antonio Molina
Succeeded by	José Ignacio Wert
Personal details
Born	Ángeles González-Sinde Reig (1965-04-07) 7 April 1965 (age 57) Madrid, Spain
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Complutense University
Occupation	Screenwriter, Film director

Biography

Ángeles González-Sinde Reig was born 7 April 1965. She is the daughter of the academy's founder, José María González-Sinde, Sr. Her brother, José María González-Sinde, Jr., is also involved in the film industry.[4]

González-Sinde studied Classics at the Complutense University of Madrid and did a master's degree in Cinema Scriptwriting at the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles.

She served as president of Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España (AACCE) (Spanish Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences) since 2006 until April 2009.

In April 2009, González-Sinde was appointed Culture Minister. This sparked a movement against her from the Spanish Internet users community, represented by the Asociacion de Internautas (Internet Users Association). They stated that she was unable to fulfill correctly the needs and obligations of her position because of a conflict of interest, as she had personal ties with businesses involved in the film industry and consequently would not be impartial. Moreover, Spanish law 5/2006 of April 10, 2006 regulates conflicts of interest among high-ranking positions in the Spanish government^{[clarification needed]}.

Filmography

Director

• La suerte dormida (2003).
• Madrid 11M: Todos íbamos en ese tren (2004)—«Como los demás».
• Una palabra tuya (2008).

Scriptwriter

Awards

• Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay, La buena estrella, by Ricardo Franco (1997).
• Goya Award for Best New Director for La suerte dormida (2003).
• Prize Turia for Best New Work La suerte dormida (2003).
• XX Festival de Cine Español de Málaga, Best Script for Heroína (2005), by Gerardo Herrero.
• Premio Planeta de Novela, runner-up for El buen hijo[5]

References

External links

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• Ángeles González Sinde at IMDb