Guillermo Fesser (Madrid; 1960) is a Spaniard journalist well known as a pioneer of humor in radio news through his program Gomaespuma.
He and Juan Luis Cano form the duo Gomaespuma. Together leads Gomaespuma Foundation since year 2000. This foundation is dedicated to the education of children in Nicaragua and Sri Lanka and to promote flamenco in Spain and in the World through a festival named Flamenco Pá Tós. Profits from festival financed educational projects.
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He is director, producer and one of the screenwriter of the film Cándida (2006). He is also brother of a film director Javier Fesser and the cultural promoter Alberto Fesser.
Radio
Guillermo Fesser is mostly known as part of the duo Gomaespuma. He was also broadcaster with Juan Luis Cano, Santiago Alcanda and Jaime Barella of the program El Flexo (considered the ancestor of Gomaespuma).
Fesser met his partner Juan Luis Cano in 1977 at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. They made their first radio show on Radio Madrid in 1981.
Movie
Guillermo Fesser directed the feature film Cándida. It is bases on the biographical novel "Cuando Dios aprieta, ahoga pero bien" (When God chokes, chokes to death) based in his housemaid life. In addition he has written the screenplay for El Milagro de P. Tinto and La Gran Aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón, both directed by his brother.
Fesser led a puppet show on Telecinco and fruits of that experience, and manipulated his voice to the puppet that appears in the short film Aquel ritmillo which also was in charge of costumes. Worked as script supervisor on El secdleto de la tlompeta, a humorous short of his brother Javier.
He has lent his voice to dubbing feature films as Chicken Run, Quest of Camelot, Cats & Dogs, Ali G Indahouse and Chicken Run 2.
Television
At the eighties Guillermo Fesser presented the TV program La Tarde de Verano, with Pastora Vega and Toni Cantó, and for some months in 1992, the contest VIP Noche at Telecinco.
In collaboration with Kermit Love, creator of the puppets of Jim Henson's factory designed a puppet show for Telecinco. Accomplished by Javier Fesser and with scripts of Juan Luis Cano and himself, the program was released in 1994 named Gomaespuma. Thus was composed the tune that was used in the radio show of the same name.
Also acted in the famous Tulip margarine commercial, playing the role of interviewer arrived by helicopter. As Gomaespuma he has appeared in numerous interviews.
Currently he produces and presents from New York A Cien Millas de Manhattan (A Hundred Miles from Manhattan), mini-documentaries on American daily life for the Spanish TV program 59 segundos (59 seconds).
Literature
His first and most important work is: Cuando Dios aprieta, ahoga pero bien (memorias de una asistenta): When God chokes, chokes to death (housemaid’s memories), published in 1998, which was made into a movie directed by himself. It was released in 2006. This book tells the story of Cándida Villar, the Fesser family housekeeper, a woman from Martos (Jaén). It’s the story of its beginnings as a housemaid, the mistreatment of her husband and her current life, working as film critic for Gomaespuma. It's a real biography. Guillermo knows Cándida from his youth. In addition, he has collaborated with Juan Luis Cano in writing three comic books with drawings of Vicente Luis Conejos: “Marchando una de mili”, “Navidad con orejas” and “Pasando Olímpicamente”. Three books for the publishing house “Temas de Hoy”: “Familia no hay más que una”, “Grandes disgustos de la historia de España” and “¿Quién me mandaría meterme en obras?”. A book of interviews “El Papa dijo no”. A comic with art by Jose Luis Agreda “A la fuerza ahorcan” Two memory books, “20 años de Gomaespuma”, written by Curra Fernández and Nuria Serena, and ¡Vivan los novios! a book published by “La Fábrica” with wedding photographs. His latest book is A cien millas de Manhattan (2008), published by “Aguilar”.