Luis García Berlanga
Directing · Screenplay · Director · Writer
Born Jul 12, 1921 · Valencia, España
Active 1949–2010 · Awards: Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Goya Award for Best Director, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
One of the best known filmmakers in the world and director of some of the most famous films of Spanish cinema, tender in his vision of the characters, but satirical to the point of biting in his social analysis, clearly critical despite…
Filmography
The Executioner (1963) — Screenplay · DirectorWelcome Mr. Marshall! (1953) — Screenplay · DirectorPlacido (1962) — Director · Screenstory · ScreenplayThe National Shotgun (1978) — Director · ScreenplayThe Rocket from Calabuch (1956) — Director · ScreenplayStrange Voyage (1964) — IdeaThe Heifer (1985) — Director · Screenplay · StoryNational Heritage (1981) — Director · WriterMiracles of Thursday (1957) — Director · Screenplay · ScreenstoryThat Happy Couple (1953) — Director · ScreenplayEveryone Off to Jail (1993) — Director · Writer · StoryA Tied Blasé (1981)Sharon in Scarlet (1969) — VíctorTo My Dear Mother on Her Birthday (1974) — NovelStreetcar for Sale (1959) — Comprador de la baliza aerostática (uncredited) · WriterLife Size (1974) — Director · WriterNo somos de piedra (1968)Moors and Christians (1987) — Screenplay · DirectorNational III (1982) — Director · WriterLas pirañas (1967) — Film Buff · Director · ScreenplayParís-Tombuctú (1999) — Director · WriterLong Live the Bride and Groom (1970) — Director · WriterBoyfriend in Sight (1954) — Screenplay · DirectorOctober in Madrid (1965)