Guillem Clua holds a degree in Journalism, and began his theatrical training at the London Guildhall University in 1994. From 2000 onwards he was linked to the Obrador de la Sala Beckett.
His first text, Invisibles, won the Premi de Teatre Ciutat d’Alcoi 2002, the year in which he adapted Thomas Mann’s Mort a Venècia (Sala Muntaner). In 2004, La pell en flames (Villarroel Teatre, 2005) won him the Premi Alcoi for the second time and the Premi de la Crítica 2005 for the best Text. The English version was premiered in seven cities in the USA. In 2006 Clua moved to New York, where he presented Gust de cendra. Straight after that he wrote Marburg, which will premiere at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in 2010. His first musical, Killer, is being presented in Tarragona (Sala Trono) and Barcelona (Sala Muntaner) this seasson. His last text to date is La terra promesa, a farce on climatic change.
As a scriptwriter, a highlight is the series El cor de la ciutat, for which he was plot director from 2005 to 2008. He is currently writing for the series La Riera and is preparing the cinema version of Marburg.