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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.

Acting (12 movies)

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La noche de los cien pájaros

1976

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Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood

2024

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Summers el rebelde

2024

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Operación Palace

2014

6.8

El crack dos

1983

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Vida conyugal sana

1974

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Enrique Herreros

2011

6.2

The Night of the Sunflowers

2006

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Viva la clase media

1980

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Cradle Song

1994

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Olea… ¡Más alto!

2020

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Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring

2025

Directing (33 movies)

7.1

El crack

1981

6.8

El crack dos

1983

6.3

The Grandfather

1998

6.5

To Begin Again

1982

4.8

Ninette

2005

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La herida luminosa

1997

4.7

Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days

2012

7.1

You're the One

2000

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Cradle Song

1994

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Sunday Light

2007

5.2

Asignatura pendiente

1977

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Course Completed

1987

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Historia de un beso

2002

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Alone in the Small Hours

1978

6.1

Las verdes praderas

1979

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Casablanca revisitada

1992

5.9

Merry-Go-Round c. 1950

2004

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Mujer con violetas

1996

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Dual

1996

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El gabinete del doctor Armengot

1996

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¡Al fútbol!

1975

5.2

Double Feature

1984

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Alfonso Sánchez

1980

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Blood of May

2008

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Mnemos

1988

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El sueño

1991

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Semiosis

1991

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Eternamente

1996

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Luciérnagas

1996

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Regalo de Navidad

1996

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Tiempo de gente acobardada

1976

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Mi Marilyn

1975

6.7

The Crack: Inception

2019

Title	Year	Job
Las últimas horas	1966	Writer
Los chicos del Preu	1967	Writer
Los preparativos	1968	Writer
Las nenas del mini-mini	1969	Writer
El cronicón	1970	Writer
La casa de las Chivas	1972	Writer
The Telephone Box	1972	Screenplay
It's Not Good for a Man to Be Alone	1973	Writer
Murder in a Blue World	1973	Screenplay
Vida conyugal sana	1974	Writer
Los nuevos españoles	1974	Screenplay
¡Al fútbol!	1975	Writer
Mi Marilyn	1975	Writer
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe	1975	Writer
Tiempo de gente acobardada	1976	Writer
La noche de los cien pájaros	1976	Writer
La mujer es cosa de hombres	1976	Writer
Asignatura pendiente	1977	Writer
Alone in the Small Hours	1978	Screenplay
Las verdes praderas	1979	Writer
Alfonso Sánchez	1980	Writer
Viva la clase media	1980	Writer
Viva la clase media	1980	Producer
El crack	1981	Producer
El crack	1981	Screenplay
To Begin Again	1982	Writer
To Begin Again	1982	Producer
El crack dos	1983	Screenplay
Double Feature	1984	Writer
Double Feature	1984	Producer
Beyond the Walls	1985	Producer
Course Completed	1987	Producer
Course Completed	1987	Writer
Mnemos	1988	Writer
La gran comedia	1988	Producer
El río que nos lleva	1988	Executive Producer
El tesoro	1988	Writer
Semiosis	1991	Writer
Casablanca revisitada	1992	Writer
Cradle Song	1994	Writer
Cradle Song	1994	Executive Producer
Luciérnagas	1996	Writer
Eternamente	1996	Writer
Regalo de Navidad	1996	Writer
Mujer con violetas	1996	Writer
Dual	1996	Writer
La herida luminosa	1997	Producer
La herida luminosa	1997	Writer
Stolen Moments	1998	Producer
The Grandfather	1998	Writer
The Grandfather	1998	Producer
Yerma	1999	Writer
Shacky Carmine	1999	Producer
Un uomo perbene	1999	Producer
Cóndor Crux	2000	Executive Producer
Yoyes	2000	Producer
Leo	2000	Executive Producer
You're the One	2000	Writer
Historia de un beso	2002	Writer
Historia de un beso	2002	Executive Producer
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950	2004	Writer
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950	2004	Producer
Ninette	2005	Writer
Sunday Light	2007	Screenplay
Sunday Light	2007	Producer
Blood of May	2008	Writer
Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days	2012	Writer
The Crack: Inception	2019	Screenplay
The Crack: Inception	2019	Producer