José Luis Garci

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.

Filmography

• ¡Al fútbol! (1975)
• ¡Qué grande es el cine! (1995)
• Operación Palace (2014)
• Alfonso Sánchez (1980)
• Canción de cuna (1994)
• Canción de cuna (1994)
• Sesión continua (1984)
• Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004)
• El crack dos (1983)
• El crack dos (1983)
• Mi Marilyn (1975)
• El crack cero (2019)
• Vida conyugal sana (1974)
• Casablanca revisitada (1992)
• La noche de los cien pájaros (1976)
• La noche de los girasoles (2006)
• Ninette (2005)
• Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days (2012)
• Sangre de mayo (2008)
• Summers el rebelde (2024)
• Solos en la madrugada (1978)
• Luz de domingo (2007)
• Asignatura aprobada (1987)
• La herida luminosa (1997)
• Asignatura pendiente (1977)
• Historia de un beso (2002)
• Viva la clase media (1980)
• Las verdes praderas (1979)
• You're the one (Una historia de entonces) (2000)
• Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood (2024)