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José Luis Garci

Producer, Writer, 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
  • Murder in a Blue World
  • Beyond the Walls
  • The Legend of Blood Castle

José Luis Garci Filmography

2019
2012
2007
2005
Ninette · as Executive Producer
2004
2003
2003
2002
Story of a Kiss · as Executive Producer
2002
2000
2000
Leo · as Executive Producer
2000
2000
2000
Cóndor Crux · as Executive Producer
1999
1999
1999
The Revenge · as Associate Producer
1998
1997
1997
La furia · as Associate Producer
1997
1995
Élisa · as Executive Producer
1995
1994
Canción de cuna · as Executive Producer
1992
1989
El río que nos lleva · as Executive Producer
1988
El tesoro · as Executive Producer
1987
1987
1986
1985
Bras de fer · as Executive Producer
1985
1984
1982
1981
1980
1980
Alfonso Sánchez · as Executive Producer

2025
2025
2023
Supergarcía (TV Series) · as Self
2020
Olea... ¡Más alto! · as Self - Filmmaker
2015
Historia de Nuestro Cine (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist
2014
Operación Palace · as Himself
2014
Ochéntame otra vez (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee
2009
IMPRESCINDIBLES (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Protagonistas del recuerdo (TV Series) · as Self
2006
The Night of the Sunflowers · as Himself - Radio Host (voice) (uncredited)
2005
Buenafuente (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2003
Homo Zapping (TV Series) · as Self
1995
¡Qué grande es el cine! (TV Series) · as Self - Host
1994
Cartelera (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee
1991
Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee
1983
The 55th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Accepting Award

2024
2004
Zero Hour (TV Series) · as Dante
1994
Canción de cuna · as (uncredited)
1983
El crack dos · as Minor Role (uncredited)
1980
Viva la clase media · as Antonio 'vladimiro' Flanagan
1976
1975
Al fútbol · as Cast
1974
Vida conyugal sana · as Oficinista (uncredited)

1995
¡Qué grande es el cine! (TV Series) · as Creator
1977
1970
El cronicón · as Assistant Director

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