Francisco León Barrios, known as Paco León is a Spanish actor, producer, director, screenwriter and activist.
León in 2018
Goya Award for Best New Director
The Goya Award for Best New Director is the Goya awarded yearly to the best debuting director. The award was first presented at the fourth edition of the Goya Awards with Ana Díez being the first winner for her film Ander eta Yul.
The 2024 recipient: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Ana Díez was the first winner of this award for Ander eta Yul (1989).
Isabel Coixet was nominated for Massa vell per morir jove (1989) and went on to win Best Director twice, for The Secret Life of Words (2005) and The Bookshop (2017).
Agustín Díaz Yanes won for Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995).