Borja Cobeaga

Borja Cobeaga is a multi-award-winning Spanish film and television screenwriter and director. In 2003, he directed and co-scripted the acclaimed TV comedy show Vaya Semanita for the Basque TV. His first feature as director, The Friend Zone, saw him nominated as “Best New Director” at the Goya Awards and his second feature, Love storming (2011), won the Audience Award at the Nantes Festival of Spanish cinema. He co-wrote the screenplay of the 2014 comedy blockbuster Ocho apellidos vascos (Spanish Affair) with Diego San José. The film went on to be the highest-grossing film in the history of Spanish cinema with over €60 million at the box office. His third feature as a director, Negotiator, a tragicomedy inspired by talks between the Spanish government and ETA during the truce of 2005, premiered at the 2014 San Sebastián International Film Festival, winning the Irizar Basque Film Award. Borja Cobeaga continued his collaboration with San José, with whom he co-authored Ocho apellidos catalaned, the sequel of the acclaimed Ocho apellidos vascos. The movie was released in Spain in November 2015. In 2017, he directed Fe de etarras (Bomb scared) which follows four Basque ETA terrorists planning an attack in Spain, which was presented at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and released worldwide on the platform Netflix. His last film as screenwriter, Superlopez was released in 2018. In 2019, he directed the TV comedy series Justo antes de Cristo (Just before the Christ) for Movistar+, and three episodes of the TV series Vamos Juan. In 2022 he wrote and directed the six episodes of the TV series No me gusta conducer (I don’t like to drive).

Between 2014 and 2022, Cobeaga was the president of the Spanish collective management organisation for audiovisual authors, DAMA.