Carlos Saura
Born 01/04/1932
Huesca, Aragón, Spain
Died 02/10/2023
(91 years old)
Madrid, Spain
Biography
Spanish director, screenwriter and producer. His interest in cinema began when he was very young. His mother, who was pianist, instilled in him the taste for music, and his borther, Antonio, who was a painter, the love for art. In his adolescence, he began to practice photography, and in 1950 he made his first feature films made with a 16mm camera. Carlos Saura is an excellent photographer, activity that he does from time to time in between filmmaking.
At an early age, he moved to Madrid to continue a career in Industrial Engineering, but his vocation for photography, film and journalism made him drop out of school and enroll at the Institute for Film Research and Studies. Sporadically, he combined his film studies with courses from the School of Journalism. In 1957, he ended his studies and obtained a degree as film director with the short film La tarde del domingo. In 1959, he filmed Los Golfos (1962). In this film he tried to create a type of Spanish neorealism by addressing juvenile crime in the slums of Madrid from a sociologic viewpoint. In his first stage as director, he tried to position himself in favor of the outcasts and he made both lyrical and documentary films.
Saura is a well-accepted director both national and internationally, and as a proof of that, he obtained a lot of prizes, among them: Silver Bear in the Berlinale for La Caza, in 1965; and, for Peppermint Frappé, in 1967. Special jury awards in Cannes for La Prima Angélica, in 1973; and for Cría Cuervos, in 1975. In addition, the movie Mamá obtained an Oscar nomination in 1979 as Best Foreign Film, also won the Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival. In 1990, he won two Goyas for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director.
Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara
Director
Movies | |
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2021 |
The King of All the World |
2010 |
Flamenco, Flamenco |
2009 |
I, Don Giovanni |
2005 |
Iberia |
2004 |
The Seventh Day |
2002 |
Salomé |
2001 |
Bunuel and King Solomon's Table |
1999 |
Goya in Bordeaux |
1998 |
Esa luz! |
Tango |
|
1997 |
Pajarico |
1996 |
Taxi |
1995 |
Flamenco |
1993 |
Outrage |
1992 |
El sur (TV movie) |
1990 |
Alan, Carmela! |
1989 |
The Dark Night of the Soul |
1988 |
El dorado |
1986 |
El Amor Brujo |
1984 |
The Stilts |
1983 |
Carmen Story |
1982 |
Antonieta |
Sweet Hours |
|
1981 |
Blood Wedding |
Fast, Fast |
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1979 |
Mama Turns 100 |
1978 |
Blindfolded Eyes |
1977 |
Elisa, My Life |
1976 |
Cria! |
1974 |
Cousin Angelica |
1973 |
Anna and the Wolves |
1970 |
The Garden of Delights |
1969 |
Honeycomb |
1968 |
Stress Is Three |
1967 |
Peppermint frappé |
1966 |
The Hunt |
1964 |
Weeping for a Bandit |
1960 |
The Delinquents |
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
The Walls Can Talk |
2021 |
Rosa Rosae. A Spanish Civil War Elegy |
2018 |
Renzo Piano, Architect of Light |
2016 |
J: Beyond Flamenco |
2015 |
Zonda: folclore argentino |
2007 |
Fados |
2006 |
Volume X: Reflections of Summer II (series) |
1993 |
Marathon |
1992 |
Sevillanas |
1958 |
Cuenca |
1956 |
El pequeño río Manzanares |
Theatrical recording | |
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2012 |
Flamenco Hoy de Carlos Saura |
Short | |
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2021 |
Goya 3 de mayo |
1957 |
La tarde del domingo |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2021 |
The King of All the World |
2010 |
Flamenco, Flamenco |
2009 |
I, Don Giovanni |
2005 |
Iberia |
2002 |
Salomé |
2001 |
Bunuel and King Solomon's Table |
1999 |
Goya in Bordeaux |
1998 |
Tango |
1997 |
Pajarico |
1995 |
Flamenco |
1993 |
Outrage |
1992 |
El sur (TV movie) |
1990 |
Alan, Carmela! |
1989 |
The Dark Night of the Soul |
1988 |
El dorado |
1986 |
El Amor Brujo |
1984 |
The Stilts |
1983 |
Carmen Story |
1982 |
Sweet Hours |
1981 |
Blood Wedding |
Fast, Fast |
|
1979 |
Mama Turns 100 |
1978 |
Blindfolded Eyes |
1977 |
Elisa, My Life |
1976 |
Cria! |
1974 |
Cousin Angelica |
1973 |
Anna and the Wolves |
1970 |
The Garden of Delights |
1969 |
Honeycomb |
1968 |
Stress Is Three |
1967 |
Peppermint frappé |
1966 |
The Hunt |
1965 |
Muere una mujer |
1964 |
Weeping for a Bandit |
1960 |
The Delinquents |
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
The Walls Can Talk |
2018 |
Renzo Piano, Architect of Light |
2016 |
J: Beyond Flamenco |
2015 |
Zonda: folclore argentino |
2007 |
Fados |
1993 |
Marathon |
1958 |
Cuenca |
1956 |
El pequeño río Manzanares |
Short | |
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2021 |
Goya 3 de mayo |
1957 |
La tarde del domingo |
Producer
Movies | |
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1983 |
Carmen Story |
Actor
Movies | |
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2001 |
Bunuel and King Solomon's Table |
1960 |
The Wheelchair |
1959 |
The Little Apartment |
Documentaries | |
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2024 |
Miradas del cine español |
2022 |
Soy rebelde |
2018 |
Searching for Ingmar Bergman |
2017 |
Carlos Saura Photographer - Journey of a Book |
Saura(s) |
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2016 |
Miguel Picazo, un cineasta extramuros |
2015 |
Aragón rodado |
Following Nazarín |
|
2008 |
Critico |
2006 |
El productor |
2004 |
Retrato de Carlos Saura |
2001 |
Una giornata con Paco Rabal |
2000 |
Regarding Buñuel |
1997 |
Les Paradoxes de Buñuel |
1995 |
Különbözö helyek |
Editor
Documentaries | |
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2021 |
Rosa Rosae. A Spanish Civil War Elegy |
Performer
Shows | |
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2018 |
Hollywood Insider |
2013 |
¡Atención obras! |
2012 |
2012 European Film Awards |
2005 |
Channel nº 4 |
2004 |
El club |
2002 |
La noche de los premiados |
1998 |
Versión española |
1997 |
Corazón de... |
La noche abierta |
|
1996 |
Continuarà... |
El magacine |
|
1995 |
Cine de barrio |
Lo + plus |
|
1984 |
Cinema 3 |
Àngel Casas Show |
|
1982 |
De película |
1967 |
Apropos Film |
Cinematographer
Documentaries | |
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1958 |
Cuenca |
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