Agustín Díaz Yanes

Born in Madrid and his childhood was marked by the republicanism. He spent his childhood in schools run by republican teachers where he received a liberal education. He studied a degree in history and worked for years as a literary critic, in this years he interested by cinema and he wrote some screenplays that were adapted to the big screen. Those films were thrillers involving strong female characters. Victoria Abril was his best actress appearing in most his productions. 'Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead' was his first film as director and he won two Goya's awards to best screenplay and best director. In 2001 feature together Victoria Abril and Penélope Cruz to shoot 'No News from God' that he received eleven nomination to Goya's awards. In 2006, he started to shoot 'Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer' starring Viggo Mortensen.

The earliest credit MovieNCo has for Agustín Díaz Yanes is Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995); in all, 7 films over 30 years. They have worked as director in 6 and writer in 6. Their title most voted by MovieNCo readers is Edge of Darkness (2010), with 27 votes. Their busiest decade is the 2000s, with 3 titles. The person they have worked with most is Victoria Abril, on 3 films, among them Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead and Just Walking.