- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 4, 1932
- Place of Birth
- Huesca, Aragón, Spain
- Died
- February 10, 2023
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career that spanned over half a century, and his films won many international awards. Saura began his career in 1955 making documentary shorts. He gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960. Although he started filming as a neorealist, Saura switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolism in order to get around the Spanish censors. In 1966, he was thrust into the international spotlight when his film The Hunt won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the following years, he forged an international reputation for his cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual res…
Filmography
movieThe Kid in the Photo - Carlos Saura
2026
movieMiradas del cine español
2024
movieThe Walls Can Talk
2023 · Self, Director, Writer
movieDonde acaba la memoria
2022 · Self
movieGoya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
2022 · Self
movieThe King of All the World
2021 · Director, Screenplay
movieGoya, May 3rd
2021 · Director
movieRosa Rosae. A Spanish Civil War Elegy
2021 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieGoyasaurio
2021 · Self
movieRenzo Piano, an Architect for Santander
2018 · Writer, Director
movieSearching for Ingmar Bergman
2018 · Self - Filmmaker
movieNavajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieSaura(s)
2017 · Self
movieCarlos Saura - Fotograf
2017 · Self
movieJ: Beyond Flamenco
2016 · Director, Writer
movieMatilde Coral, acariciando el aire
2016 · Carlos Saura
movieArgentina
2015 · Director, Writer
movieEduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
2015 · Self
movieTras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
2015 · Self
movieAragón rodado
2014 · Self
movieCarlos Saura's FlamencoHoy
2013 · Inszenierung, Writer
movie24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
2012 · Self
movieFlamenco Flamenco
2010 · Director, Writer
movieRafael Azcona
2010 · Self
movieI, Don Giovanni
2009 · Director, Writer
movieIn the Lost City
2009 · Self
movieSinfonía de Aragón
2008 · Writer, Director
movieCritic
2008 · Self
movieFados
2007 · Director, Writer, Production Design
movieAntonio Gades, la ética de la danza
2007 · Self
moviePablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005 · Self
movieIberia
2005 · Director
movieThe 7th Day
2004 · Director
moviePortrait of Carlos Saura
2004 · Self
movieSalomé
2002 · Director, Writer, Set Designer
movieBunuel and King Solomon's Table
2001 · Director, Screenplay
movieSpeaking of Buñuel
2000 · Self
movieGoya in Bordeaux
1999 · Director, Writer
movieTango
1998 · Director, Writer
movieLes paradoxes de Buñuel
1998 · Self
movieLittle Bird
1997 · Director, Writer
movieTaxi
1996 · Director
movieFlamenco
1995 · Director, Writer
tvLo + plus
1995 · Self - Guest
movieOutrage
1993 · Writer, Director
tvCuentos de Borges
1993 · Adaptation, Director
movieMarathon
1993 · Director
movieEl sur
1992 · Director
movieSevilles
1992 · Director
movieThe King of Ads
1991 · Director
movieAy, Carmela!
1990 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Dark Night of the Soul
1989 · Director, Screenplay
movieBuñuel
1989 · Self
movieEl Dorado
1988 · Director, Writer
movieEl amor brujo
1986 · Director, Writer
movieThe Stilts
1984 · Director, Writer
movieCarmen
1983 · Director, Choreographer, Writer
movieAntonieta
1982 · Director, Writer
movieSweet Hours
1982 · Director, Writer
movieFaster, Faster
1981 · Director, Writer
movieBlood Wedding
1981 · Director, Writer
movieMama Turns 100
1979 · Director, Writer
movieBlindfolded Eyes
1978 · Director, Screenplay
movieElisa, My Life
1977 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieCria!
1976 · Director, Screenplay, Screenstory
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
movieCousin Angelica
1974 · Director, Screenplay
movieAnna and the Wolves
1973 · Director, Writer
movieThe Garden of Delights
1970 · Director, Writer
movieHoneycomb
1969 · Screenplay, Idea, Director
movieStress Is Three
1968 · Director, Screenplay, Story
moviePeppermint Frappé
1967 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Hunt
1966 · Director, Screenplay
movieWeeping for a Bandit
1964 · Director
movieMuere una mujer
1964 · Writer
movieThe Delinquents
1960 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Little Apartment
1959 · (uncredited)
movieCuenca
1958 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Cinematography
movieLa tarde del domingo
1957 · Director, Writer
movieEl pequeño Río Manzanares
1956 · Director
movieEl proceso
1955 · , Assistant Director
Before Breakfast
movieBefore Breakfast
1955 · Director of Photography, Assistant Director
movieLetter of Sanabria
1955 · Assistant Camera
movieLa llamada
1955 · Director