JG

José Luis Garci

Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 20, 1944 (82 years)
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

  • The Telephone Box
  • The Grandfather
  • El crack
  • Begin the Beguine
  • You're the One
  • The Crack: Inception
  • Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
  • El secdleto de la tlompeta
  • Canción de cuna
  • El crack dos
  • Ninette
  • Élisa
  • Tiovivo c. 1950
  • Unfinished Business
  • Sunday Light
  • Double Feature
  • Alone in the Dark
  • The Green Pastures
  • Story of a Kiss
  • Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days
  • Course Completed
  • The Legend of Blood Castle
  • La furia
  • Yoyes

Filmography

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