Overview
- He died at his home in Perales de Tajuña, Madrid, a death announced by the Spanish Academy of Cinema.
- Fernández founded K Producciones in 2002 to stage contemporary works with political and social focus.
- He shared the 2018 Premio Max for adapting Rafael Chirbes’s En la orilla for the stage.
- On screen he appeared in series such as Policías and Águila Roja and worked with filmmakers including Pedro Almodóvar and Mario Gas.
- Born in Seville and raised in Bizkaia from age four, he co-founded the Pabellón 6 collective and previously overcame a cancer that briefly paused his career before returning to the stage during the pandemic.