Carlos Montero Castiñeira (born 9 October 1972) is a Spanish screenwriter, film producer, film director and television producer. Featuring an extensive background as writer of teen drama television series,[1] he is the creator of Física o Química and Elite.[2]

Biography

Carlos Montero was born on 9 October 1972 in Celanova, Province of Ourense,[3] Montero earned a licentiate degree in Information Sciences (Journalism) from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[4]

Career

Starting at 25 years old, he wrote the screenplay of hundreds of episodes of the teen drama series Al salir de clase from 1997 to 1999.[1] He was the creator of another popular teen drama series, Física o Química (2008–2011).[1] He co-wrote together with Jaime Vaca the screenplay of the Daniel Calparsoro's film Combustión,[5] released in 2013.

He also worked in other television series such as El tiempo entre costuras (The Time in Between),[1] Apaches,[1] and El comisario.[6]

Working for Netflix, he created the teen drama series Élite together with Darío Madrona[6] and created the Netflix series El desorden que dejas (The Mess You Leave Behind), an adaptation of his own novel,[7][8][9] winner of the 2016 Premio Primavera de Novela.[3] He partnered again with Madrona to write the screenplay of the 2019 film Gente que viene y bah (In Family I Trust), adapting the novel by Laura Norton.[10] He co-created together with Agustín Martínez the Netflix fantasy thriller series Feria,[11] which began filming in 2021.

Filmography

Movies

Television

Novels

• 2012: Los tatuajes no se borran con láser[12]
• 2016: The Mess You Leave Behind (Premio Primavera de Novela [es] 2016)[3][13]

References