Alberto Conejero

Alberto Conejero
Conejero in 2018
Born (1978-07-08) 8 July 1978 (age 48)
Vilches, Spain
Education
Occupations
  • Theatre director
  • dramatist and playwright
  • writer

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

Early life and education

Conejero was born on 8 July 1978 in Vilches, province of Jaén. 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). His PhD dissertation was supervised by Pedro Bádenas de la Peña [es], and tackled Greek-Oriental urban music in the early 20th-century Ottoman Empire.

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.

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

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