Franco is an editor, director, screenwriter and producer. He graduated in audio-visual communication from the University in Sevilla and then specialized for editing at the School of Cinema and Audiovisual Communication in Madrid. He began his career in mid 1990s and from 2001 became a professional editor. At first he worked on short films and documentaries, while some of his more famous full-length features include the drama Nordeste (2005) by Juan Solanas, horror Aparecidos (2007) by Paco Cabezas, romantic drama Bon appétit (2010) by David Pinillos and Blancanieves (2012) by Pablo Berrger. As a director he made several short films such as Mensajes de voz (2007), Tu(a)mor (2009), Les variations Dielman (2010), Room (2010), La media vuelta (2012). Drama Wounded (La herida, 2013) is his first and for now the only full-length feature film, based on the originally conceived documentary project. The film won the Goya award for best new director in 2014.