Biography
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.
Filmography
all 52
Movies 50
Director 23
self 10
Writer 7
TV Shows 2
Producer 1
The First Look (2023)
El joven Berlanga (2022)
The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner (2012)
Enrique Herreros (2011)
Por la gracia de Luis (2009)
Calle Bardem (2005)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
Memorias de un peliculero (2004)
From Kuleshov to Berlanga (2004)
El sueño de la maestra (2002)
Extranjeros de sí mismos (2000)
La ley del cholo II (2000)
París-Tombuctú (1999)
Blasco Ibáñez (1997)
Villarriba y Villabajo (1994)
Imágenes Prohibidas (1994)
Everyone Off to Jail (1993)
Moors and Christians (1987)
A la pálida luz de la luna (1985)
The Heifer (1985)
De mica en mica s'omple la pica (1984)
National III (1982)
National Heritage (1981)
A Tied Blasé (1981)
Erotic Stories (1980)
The National Shotgun (1978)
Una noche embarazosa (1977)
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday (1974)
Life Size (1974)
Long Live the Bride and Groom (1970)
Sharon vestida de rojo (1969)
Tuset Street (1968)
Días de viejo color (1968)
No somos de piedra (1968)
Las pirañas (1967)
October in Madrid (1967)
Strange Voyage (1964)
The Executioner (1963)
La muerte y el leñador (1963)
The Four Truths (1962)
Placido (1962)
Streetcar for Sale (1959)
We Are 18 Years Old (1959)
Familia provisional (1958)
Miracles of Thursday (1957)
The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
Boyfriend in Sight (1954)
That Happy Couple (1953)
Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
El circo (1950)
Paseo por una guerra antigua (1949)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1921-06-12
Deathday2010-11-13 (89 years old)
Birth NameLuis García-Berlanga Martí
Birth PlaceValencia, Spain
ChildrenJorge Berlanga, Carlos Berlanga
FatherJosé García-Berlanga Pardo
SiblingsFernando García-Berlanga Martí
CitizenshipsSpain
Also Known AsLuis G. Berlanga, Luis Gª Berlanga, Luis García-Berlanga Martí, Berlanga, Луис Гарсия Берланга
Awardshonorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Goya Award for Best Director
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