José Luis Garci
Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Actor
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
Filmography
| 2019 | The Crack: Inception · as Screenplay |
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| 2007 | Sunday Light · as Screenplay |
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| 1983 | El crack dos · as Screenplay |
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| 1981 | El crack · as Screenplay |
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| 1978 | Alone in the Dark · as Screenplay |
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| 1973 | Murder in a Blue World · as Screenplay |
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| 1972 | The Telephone Box · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Plinio · as Screenplay |
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| 1967 |
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| 2012 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2005 | Ninette · as Executive Producer |
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| 2002 | Story of a Kiss · as Executive Producer |
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| 2000 | Leo · as Executive Producer |
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| 2000 | Cóndor Crux · as Executive Producer |
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| 1999 | The Revenge · as Associate Producer |
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| 1997 | La furia · as Associate Producer |
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| 1995 | Élisa · as Executive Producer |
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| 1992 | |
| 1989 | El río que nos lleva · as Executive Producer |
| 1988 | El tesoro · as Executive Producer |
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| 1985 | Bras de fer · as Executive Producer |
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| 1980 | Alfonso Sánchez · as Executive Producer |
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| 1975 |
| 2026 | Landa · as Self - José Luis Garci |
| 2025 | Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict · as Self |
| 2025 | |
| 2023 | Supergarcía · as Self |
| 2020 | Olea... ¡Más alto! · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2015 | Historia de Nuestro Cine · as Self - Panelist |
| 2014 | Operación Palace · as Himself |
| 2014 | Ochéntame otra vez · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2009 | IMPRESCINDIBLES · as Self |
| 2006 | Protagonistas del recuerdo · as Self |
| 2006 | The Night of the Sunflowers · as Himself - Radio Host (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2005 | Buenafuente · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Homo Zapping · as Self |
| 1995 | ¡Qué grande es el cine! · as Self - Host |
| 1994 | Cartelera · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1983 | The 55th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Accepting Award |
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| 1994 | |
| 1985 |
| 2024 | |
| 2004 | Zero Hour · 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 |
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| 1975 | Al fútbol · as Cast |
| 1974 | Vida conyugal sana · as Oficinista (uncredited) |
| 1995 | ¡Qué grande es el cine! · as Creator |
| 1994 | Canción de cuna · as Production Manager |
| 1977 | La Gioconda está triste · as Story |
| 1974 | The New Spaniards · as Story |
| 1970 | El cronicón · as Assistant Director |