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José Luis Garci

José Luis Garci

Directing

January 20, 1944Madrid, España

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

Directing27

Writing44

The Crack: Inceptionmovie

The Crack: Inception

2019

Screenplay

Holmes & Watson: Madrid Daysmovie

Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days

2012

Writer

Blood of Maymovie

Blood of May

2008

Writer

Sunday Lightmovie

Sunday Light

2007

Screenplay

Ninettemovie

Ninette

2005

Writer

Merry-Go-Round c. 1950movie

Merry-Go-Round c. 1950

2004

Writer

Historia de un besomovie

Historia de un beso

2002

Writer

You're the Onemovie

You're the One

2000

Writer

Yermamovie

Yerma

1999

Writer

The Grandfathermovie

The Grandfather

1998

Writer

La herida luminosamovie

La herida luminosa

1997

Writer

Cradle Songmovie

Cradle Song

1994

Writer

Casablanca revisitadamovie

Casablanca revisitada

1992

Writer

El tesoromovie

El tesoro

1988

Writer

Historias del otro ladotv

Historias del otro lado

1988

Writer

Course Completedmovie

Course Completed

1987

Writer

Double Featuremovie

Double Feature

1984

Writer

El crack dosmovie

El crack dos

1983

Screenplay

Begin the Beguinemovie

Begin the Beguine

1982

Writer

El crackmovie

El crack

1981

Screenplay

Viva la clase mediamovie

Viva la clase media

1980

Writer

Alfonso Sánchezmovie

Alfonso Sánchez

1980

Writer

Las verdes praderasmovie

Las verdes praderas

1979

Writer

Alone in the Small Hoursmovie

Alone in the Small Hours

1978

Screenplay, Story

Asignatura pendientemovie

Asignatura pendiente

1977

Writer

La Gioconda está tristemovie

La Gioconda está triste

1977

Storyboard, Story

La mujer es cosa de hombresmovie

La mujer es cosa de hombres

1976

Writer

Tiempo de gente acobardada
movie

Tiempo de gente acobardada

1976

Writer

La noche de los cien pájarosmovie

La noche de los cien pájaros

1976

Writer

Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabemovie

Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe

1975

Writer

Mi Marilynmovie

Mi Marilyn

1975

Writer

¡Al fútbol!movie

¡Al fútbol!

1975

Writer

Los nuevos españolesmovie

Los nuevos españoles

1974

Screenplay, Story

Vida conyugal sanamovie

Vida conyugal sana

1974

Writer

Murder in a Blue Worldmovie

Murder in a Blue World

1973

Screenplay

It's Not Good for a Man to Be Alonemovie

It's Not Good for a Man to Be Alone

1973

Writer

The Telephone Boxmovie

The Telephone Box

1972

Screenplay

La casa de las Chivasmovie

La casa de las Chivas

1972

Writer

Pliniotv

Plinio

1972

Screenplay

El cronicónmovie

El cronicón

1970

Writer

Las nenas del mini-minimovie

Las nenas del mini-mini

1969

Writer

Los preparativosmovie

Los preparativos

1968

Writer

Los chicos del Preumovie

Los chicos del Preu

1967

Writer

Las últimas horasmovie

Las últimas horas

1966

Writer

Production22

Acting14

Editing6

Crew3

Creator1