Luis García Berlanga
Born July 12, 1921 (Age: 104)
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Valencia, España
Biography
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 the censorship of the Franco regime. He was born in 1921 into a wealthy Valencian family. After the Second World War, he studied at the Escuela Oficial de Cine (IIEC/EOC), where he would later become a professor. There he met Juan Antonio Bardem, and together they made their first film. His narrative ability, together with the sharpness of his satire, bordering on nonsense, made him a popular filmmaker, but also valued by critics. Nevertheless, within his comic line he oscillates between tenderness and the grotesqueness of his choral comedies. Between both extremes are his first films, written in collaboration with Rafael Azcona, in which he develops a black humor, characteristic of both, corrosive denunciations of social hypocrisy and the death penalty. In recent years he was president of the Filmoteca Nacional de España and director of a collection of erotic novels and short stories.
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 the censorship of the Franco regime. He was born in 1921 into a wealthy Valencian family. After the Second World War, he studied at the Escuela Oficial de Cine (IIEC/EOC), where he would later become a professor. There he met Juan Antonio Bardem, and together they made their first film. His narrative ability, together with the sharpness of his satire, bordering on nonsense, made him a popular filmmaker, but also valued by critics. Nevertheless, within his comic line he oscillates between tenderness and the grotesqueness of his choral comedies. Between both extremes are his first films, written in collaboration with Rafael Azcona, in which he develops a black humor, characteristic of both, corrosive denunciations of social hypocrisy and the death penalty. In recent years he was president of the Filmoteca Nacional de España and director of a collection of erotic novels and short stories.
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Filmography
Enrique Herreros
2011
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as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Age: 89
No Image
Calle Bardem
2005
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as Interviewee
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Age: 84
From Kuleshov to Berlanga
2004
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as Himself
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Age: 82
La ley del cholo II
2000
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Age: 78
Cuando el mundo se acabe te seguiré amando
1998
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as Luis Berlanga
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Age: 77
A la pálida luz de la luna
1985
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as Himself
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Age: 64
A Tied Blasé
1981
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Age: 59
Erotic Stories
1980
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as Hombre del metro
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Age: 58
Sharon in Scarlet
1969
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as Víctor
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Age: 47
No somos de piedra
1968
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Age: 46
October in Madrid
1965
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Age: 43
Streetcar for Sale
1959
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as Comprador de la baliza aerostática (uncredited)
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Age: 38