Person
José Luis Garci
Directing · Born 1944-01-20 · Madrid, España
Biography
José Luis Garci is a Spanish director, producer, film critic, TV presenter, screenwriter and author. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Begin the Beguine (1982). Four of his films, including also Sesión continua (1984), Asignatura aprobada (1987) and El abuelo (1998), have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, more than any other Spanish director. His films are characterized for his classical style and the underlying sentimentality of their plots.
Known for
Operación Palace
Himself
¡Qué grande es el cine!
Self - Host
El cronicón
Writer
¡Al fútbol!
Director
Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
Self
Los nuevos españoles
Screenplay
Alfonso Sánchez
Director
Historias del otro lado
Writer
Cradle Song
(uncredited)
Double Feature
Director
Filmography
- 2025Eloy de la Iglesia: Film AddictSelf
- 2025Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ringSelf
- 2024Summers el rebelde
- 2024Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood
- 2020Olea… ¡Más alto!Self - Filmmaker
- 2019The Crack: InceptionDirector
- 2014Operación PalaceHimself
- 2012Holmes & Watson: Madrid DaysDirector
- 2011Enrique HerrerosSelf - Filmmaker
- 2008Blood of MayWriter
- 2007Sunday LightDirector
- 2006Hécuba: un sueño de pasiónThanks
- 2006The Night of the SunflowersHimself - Radio Host (voice) (uncredited)
- 2005NinetteDirector
- 2004Merry-Go-Round c. 1950Director
- 2002Historia de un besoDirector
- 2000You're the OneDirector
- 2000LeoExecutive Producer
- 2000YoyesProducer
- 2000Cóndor CruxExecutive Producer
- 1999Un uomo perbeneProducer
- 1999Shacky CarmineProducer
- 1999The RevengeAssociate Producer
- 1999YermaWriter
- 1998The GrandfatherDirector
- 1998Stolen MomentsProducer
- 1997La herida luminosaProducer
- 1995¡Qué grande es el cine!Self - Host
- 1994Cradle Song(uncredited)
- 1992Casablanca revisitadaDirector
- 1988El tesoroWriter
- 1988El río que nos llevaExecutive Producer
- 1988La gran comediaProducer
- 1988Historias del otro ladoWriter
- 1987Course CompletedDirector
- 1985Beyond the WallsProducer
- 1984Double FeatureDirector
- 1983El crack dosMinor Role (uncredited)
- 1982Begin the BeguineDirector
- 1981El crackDirector
- 1980Viva la clase mediaAntonio 'Vladimiro' Flanagan
- 1980Alfonso SánchezDirector
- 1979Las verdes praderasDirector
- 1978Alone in the Small HoursDirector
- 1977Asignatura pendienteDirector
- 1977La Gioconda está tristeStory
- 1976La mujer es cosa de hombresWriter
- 1976La noche de los cien pájaros
- 1976Tiempo de gente acobardadaDirector
- 1975Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabeWriter
- 1975Mi MarilynDirector
- 1975¡Al fútbol!Director
- 1974Los nuevos españolesScreenplay
- 1974Vida conyugal sanaOficinista (uncredited)
- 1973Murder in a Blue WorldScreenplay
- 1973It's Not Good for a Man to Be AloneWriter
- 1972The Telephone BoxScreenplay
- 1972La casa de las ChivasWriter
- 1972PlinioScreenplay
- 1970El cronicónWriter
- 1969Las nenas del mini-miniWriter
- 1968Los preparativosWriter
- 1967Los chicos del PreuWriter
- 1966Las últimas horasWriter
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