Luis García Berlanga

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.

Crew

All Directing Production Writing

The Executioner

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.6

182 votes

Release Date

Aug 31, 1963

63 years ago
The Executioner

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.6

182 votes

Release Date

Aug 31, 1963

63 years ago
Welcome Mr. Marshall!

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.4

117 votes

Release Date

Apr 04, 1953

74 years ago
Welcome Mr. Marshall!

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.4

117 votes

Release Date

Apr 04, 1953

74 years ago
Placido

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.6

83 votes

Release Date

Jun 27, 1962

64 years ago
Placido

Department Writing

Job Screenstory

Average Rating

7.6

83 votes

Release Date

Jun 27, 1962

64 years ago
Placido

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.6

83 votes

Release Date

Jun 27, 1962

64 years ago
The National Shotgun

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.8

68 votes

Release Date

Sep 14, 1978

48 years ago
The National Shotgun

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.8

68 votes

Release Date

Sep 14, 1978

48 years ago
The Heifer

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.6

65 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1985

41 years ago
The Heifer

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.6

65 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1985

41 years ago
The Heifer

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

6.6

65 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1985

41 years ago
Strange Voyage

Department Writing

Job Idea

Average Rating

7.3

48 votes

Release Date

Aug 09, 1964

62 years ago
The Rocket from Calabuch

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.5

41 votes

Release Date

Sep 28, 1956

70 years ago
The Rocket from Calabuch

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.5

41 votes

Release Date

Sep 28, 1956

70 years ago
Miracles of Thursday

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.8

29 votes

Release Date

Aug 22, 1957

69 years ago
Miracles of Thursday

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.8

29 votes

Release Date

Aug 22, 1957

69 years ago
Everyone Off to Jail

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.2

29 votes

Release Date

Dec 22, 1993

32 years ago
Miracles of Thursday

Department Writing

Job Screenstory

Average Rating

6.8

29 votes

Release Date

Aug 22, 1957

69 years ago
Everyone Off to Jail

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.2

29 votes

Release Date

Dec 22, 1993

32 years ago
Everyone Off to Jail

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

6.2

29 votes

Release Date

Dec 22, 1993

32 years ago
That Happy Couple

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.5

27 votes

Release Date

Aug 31, 1953

73 years ago
That Happy Couple

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.5

27 votes

Release Date

Aug 31, 1953

73 years ago
National Heritage

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.0

26 votes

Release Date

Mar 26, 1981

45 years ago
National Heritage

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

7.0

26 votes

Release Date

Mar 26, 1981

45 years ago
Life Size

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.5

23 votes

Release Date

Aug 21, 1974

52 years ago
Life Size

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.5

23 votes

Release Date

Aug 21, 1974

52 years ago
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.1

21 votes

Release Date

Aug 22, 1974

52 years ago
Moors and Christians

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

19 votes

Release Date

Oct 28, 1987

39 years ago
Moors and Christians

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.7

19 votes

Release Date

Oct 28, 1987

39 years ago
París-Tombuctú

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

15 votes

Release Date

Sep 10, 1999

26 years ago
París-Tombuctú

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.7

15 votes

Release Date

Sep 10, 1999

26 years ago
Boyfriend in Sight

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.5

13 votes

Release Date

Feb 15, 1954

73 years ago
Boyfriend in Sight

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.5

13 votes

Release Date

Feb 15, 1954

73 years ago
National III

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

12 votes

Release Date

Dec 06, 1982

43 years ago
Long Live the Bride and Groom

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

12 votes

Release Date

Apr 20, 1970

56 years ago
The Four Truths

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.9

12 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 1962

64 years ago
National III

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.0

12 votes

Release Date

Dec 06, 1982

43 years ago
Long Live the Bride and Groom

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.7

12 votes

Release Date

Apr 20, 1970

56 years ago
We Are 18 Years Old

Department Production

Job Associate Producer

Average Rating

5.4

10 votes

Release Date

May 03, 1959

67 years ago
Las pirañas

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.2

8 votes

Release Date

Oct 18, 1967

59 years ago
Las pirañas

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.2

8 votes

Release Date

Oct 18, 1967

59 years ago
Una noche embarazosa

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.4

7 votes

Release Date

Dec 29, 1977

48 years ago
El sueño de la maestra

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.2

5 votes

Release Date

Dec 20, 2002

23 years ago
El sueño de la maestra

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.2

5 votes

Release Date

Dec 20, 2002

23 years ago
El circo

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1950

76 years ago
Familia provisional

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 03, 1958

69 years ago
Paseo por una guerra antigua

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1949

78 years ago
Paseo por una guerra antigua

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1949

78 years ago
Death and the Lumberjack

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 03, 1963

63 years ago
Streetcar for Sale

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 11, 1959

67 years ago

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