Alberto Conejero

Alberto Conejero
Conejero in 2018
Born (1978-06-08) 8 June 1978
Vilches, Spain
Education
Occupations
  • Theatre director
  • dramatist and playwright
  • writer

Alberto Conejero (born 8 July 1978) is Spanish playwright and writer.

Early life and education

Conejero was born on 8 July 1978 in Vilches, province of Jaén.[1] He earned a licentiate degree in stage direction and dramaturgy from the RESAD and a PhD in sciences of religions from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[2] His PhD dissertation was supervised by Pedro Bádenas de la Peña, and tackled Greek-Oriental urban music in the early 20th-century Ottoman Empire.[3]

Career

He is known for his play La piedra oscura about the life of football player Rafael Rodríguez Rapún and writer Federico García Lorca during the Spanish Civil War.[4]

In May 2026, La bola negra, the movie he wrote with Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo was presented at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Moreno, Andrés (10 May 2019). "El fin de semana perfecto de Alberto Conejero". Fuera de Serie (in European Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Expansión.
  2. ↑ "Alberto Conejero, reconocido por la UJA con el Proyecto 'Natural de Jaén'". Ideal (in European Spanish). Grupo Vocento. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Pedrosa, José Manuel (2008). "Alberto Conejero, Carmina Urbana Orientalium Graecorum. Poéticas de la identidad en la canción urbana greco-oriental". Culturas Populares. Revista Electrónica. 7. ISSN 1886-5623.
  4. ↑ https://www.contextoteatral.es/lapiedraoscura.html
  5. ↑ https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alberto-conejero