José Luis Garci
Personal information
- Known for
- Directing
- Known credits
- 64
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- January 20, 1944
- Place of birth
- Madrid, España
- Also known as
- José Luis García Muñoz
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Directing
27 titles
Writing
44 titles2005
1999
Production
22 titles
1999
Acting
14 titles2025
