Carlos Montero is a Spanish writer, producer, and director. He was born on October 9, 1972 in Celanova, Galicia. Montero earned a licentiate degree in Information Sciences (Journalism) from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).
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, 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, 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, adapting the novel by Laura Norton. He co-created together with Agustín Martínez the Netflix fantasy thriller series Feria: La luz más oscura which was released in 2022.
