# Carlos Montero Castiñeira

Carlos Montero Castiñeira (born 9 October 1972) is a Spanish screenwriter, film producer, film director and television producer. Featuring an extensive background as writer of teen drama television series, he is the creator of Física o Química and Elite.

## Biography

Carlos Montero was born on 9 October 1972 in Celanova, Province of Ourense, Montero earned a licentiate degree in Information Sciences (Journalism) from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).

## Career

Starting at 25 years old, he wrote the screenplay of hundreds of episodes of the teen drama series Al salir de clase from 1997 to 1999. He was the creator of another popular teen drama series, Física o Química (2008–2011). He co-wrote together with Jaime Vaca the screenplay of the Daniel Calparsoro's film Combustión, released in 2013.
He also worked in other television series such as El tiempo entre costuras (The Time in Between), Apaches, and El comisario.
Working for Netflix, he created the teen drama series Élite together with Darío Madrona and created the Netflix series El desorden que dejas (The Mess You Leave Behind), an adaptation of his own novel, winner of the 2016 Premio Primavera de Novela. He partnered again with Madrona to write the screenplay of the 2019 film Gente que viene y bah (In Family I Trust), adapting the novel by Laura Norton. He co-created together with Agustín Martínez the Netflix fantasy thriller series Feria, which began filming in 2021.
In 2024, he was showrunner, co-writer and executive producer on the hospital-set drama Breathless for Netflix.

## Filmography
### Movies

| Year | Movie | Director | Notes |
| 1993 | En casa de Diego | | Film Director |
| 1995 | David | | Film Director |
| 2003 | La vida aquí | Jesús Font | Screenwriter |
| 2010 | Dinero fácil | | Film Director Screenwriter Film Producer |
| 2011 | Dieciséis | | Film Director |
| 2013 | Combustion | Daniel Calparsoro | Screenwriter |
| 2013 | Boys on Film 9: Youth in trouble | | Film Director |
| 2016 | Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot | María Ripoll | Screenwriter |
| 2019 | In Family I Trust | Patricia Font | Screenwriter |

### Television

| Year | Title | Channel | Notes |
| 1997–1998 | Al salir de clase | Telecinco | |
| 2000–2004 | El comisario | Telecinco | Screenwriter |
| 2005 | Maneras de sobrevivir | La 1 | Creator Original Idea |
| 2006–2007 | Génesis: en la mente del asesino | Cuatro | Creator Original Idea |
| 2008–2011 | Física o Química | Antena 3 | Creator Screenwriter |
| 2013 | The Time in Between | Antena 3 | Screenwriter |
| 2013–2014 | Vive cantando | Antena 3 | Screenwriter |
| 2014 | Cuéntame un cuento | Antena 3 | Screenwriter |
| 2017 | Apaches | Netflix | Screenwriter |
| 2018–2024 | Elite | Netflix | Creator Producer |
| 2020 | The Mess You Leave Behind | Netflix | Creator |
| 2021 | Élite: historias breves | Netflix | Creator Screenwriter |
| 2021 | Feria | Netflix | Creator Screenwriter Producer |
| 2023 | In Love All Over Again | Netflix | Creator Screenwriter Producer |
| 2024–present | Breathless | Netflix | Creator Screenwriter |

### Novels

* 2012: Los tatuajes no se borran con láser
* 2016: The Mess You Leave Behind (Premio Primavera de Novela [es] 2016)