- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 12, 1921
- Place of Birth
- Valencia, España
- Died
- November 13, 2010
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 bl…
Filmography
movieBerlanga, fanáticamente contradictorio
2025 · Self (Archive footage)
movieEl joven Berlanga
2022 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner
movieThe Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner
2012 · Interviewee
movieEnrique Herreros
2011 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
moviePor la gracia de Luis
2009 · Himself
Calle Bardem
movieCalle Bardem
2005 · Interviewee
movieFilmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Self
movieFrom Kuleshov to Berlanga
2004 · Himself
movieEl sueño de la maestra
2002 · Director, Writer
movieLa ley del cholo II
2000
movieParís-Tombuctú
1999 · Director, Writer
movieCuando el mundo se acabe te seguiré amando
1998 · Luis Berlanga
tvBlasco Ibáñez
1997 · Director, Writer
tvVillarriba y Villabajo
1994 · Director, Creator
movieEveryone Off to Jail
1993 · Director, Story, Writer
movieMoors and Christians
1987 · Director, Screenplay
movieA la pálida luz de la luna
1985 · Himself
movieThe Heifer
1985 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieDe mica en mica s’omple la pica
1984 · Peris
movieNational III
1982 · Director, Writer
movieNational Heritage
1981 · Director, Writer
movieA Tied Blasé
1981
movieErotic Stories
1980 · Hombre del metro
movieThe National Shotgun
1978 · Director, Screenplay
movieUna noche embarazosa
1977 · Writer
moviePaper Tigers
1977
movieTo My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
1974 · Novel
movieLife Size
1974 · Director, Writer
movieLong Live the Bride and Groom
1970 · Director, Writer
movieSharon in Scarlet
1969 · Víctor
movieTuset Street
1968 · Aparicio
movieDías de viejo color
1968 · Mr. Marshall
movieNo somos de piedra
1968
movieLas pirañas
1967 · Film Buff, Director, Screenplay
movieOctober in Madrid
1965
movieStrange Voyage
1964 · Idea
movieThe Executioner
1963 · Director, Screenplay
movieDeath and the Lumberjack
1963 · Director
movieThe Four Truths
1962 · Director
moviePlacido
1962 · Director, Screenstory, Screenplay
movieStreetcar for Sale
1959 · Comprador de la baliza aerostática (uncredited), Writer
movieWe Are 18 Years Old
1959 · Associate Producer
movieFamilia provisional
1958 · Writer
movieMiracles of Thursday
1957 · Director, Screenplay, Screenstory
movieThe Rocket from Calabuch
1956 · Director, Screenplay
movieBoyfriend in Sight
1954 · Director, Screenplay
movieThat Happy Couple
1953 · Director, Screenplay
movieWelcome Mr. Marshall!
1953 · Director, Screenplay
movieEl circo
1950 · Director
moviePaseo por una guerra antigua
1949 · Director, Screenplay