The Hon. Angeles González-Sinde
Former Minister of Culture of Spain; Scriptwriter and Film Director
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Biography
Ángeles González-Sinde is a Spanish scriptwriter, film director, and politician, most notably having served as the Culture Minister of Spain from April 2009 until December 2011. Until the time of her appointment, Ms. González-Sinde was the president of AACCE (Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de Españ / Spanish Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences) from 2006 until April 2009.Ms. González-Sinde studied Classics at the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain, after which she completed a Master’s Degree in Cinema Scriptwriting at the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles, California.
Ms. González-Sinde has collaborated on over two dozen films, and has received numerous awards for her contributions to the film industry, including: the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for La buena estrella (1997), the Goya Award for Best New Director for La suerte dormida (2003), the Prize Turia for Best New Work for La suerte dormida (2003), and the XX Festival de Cine Español de Málaga for Best Script for Heroína (2005)
