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name: "Sergio G. Sánchez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sergio-g-sanchez"
fi1m_id: "sergio-g-sanchez"
imdb_id: "nm1037221"
tmdb_id: 51895
wikidata_id: "Q2068573"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T09:47:34.587460+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Sergio G. Sánchez

## Identity

Sergio G. Sánchez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sergio-g-sanchez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sergio-g-sanchez
- **IMDb ID:** nm1037221
- **TMDB ID:** 51895
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2068573
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_G._S%C3%A1nchez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2068573, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1037221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51895

Writer. Born 1 January 1973 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1973, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_G._S%C3%A1nchez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2068573, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1037221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51895

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Impossible*](https://film.one/film/the-impossible.md) (72)

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## Biography

Sergio G. Sánchez is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. Born in 1973 in Oviedo, Asturias, he began writing screenplays in the mid-1990s and directed several short films, including 7337 (2000) and Temporada baja (2003).

His first feature screenplay was for The Orphanage (2007), directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, for which Sánchez won the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay. He later wrote the screenplays for The Impossible (2012), also directed by Bayona, Palm Trees in the Snow (2015) and The End (2012). Sánchez made his feature directorial debut with Marrowbone (2017) and has directed episodes of the television series The Girl in the Mirror (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Impossible* (2012), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-impossible.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Girl in the Mirror* (2022), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *Marrowbone* (2017), Director, Writer
- *Palm Trees in the Snow* (2015), Screenplay
- *Purgatory* (2014), Screenplay
- *The End* (2012), Screenplay
- *The Impossible* (2012), Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-impossible.md)
- *Spanish Movie* (2009), as Papoya el Marino
- *The Pianist's Hands* (2008), Director
- *The Orphanage* (2007), Screenplay
- *Low Season* (2003), Director, Screenplay
- *Diminutos del calvario* (2001), Director
- *7337* (2000), Director, Writer
- *En el círculo del asesino*, series, Director, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2013: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Impossible*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2008: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Orphanage*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2008: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Orphanage*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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