José Luis Garci

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.

Known For

La noche de los cien pájaros

Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood

Summers el rebelde

Himself

Operación Palace

Minor Role (uncredited)

El crack dos

Oficinista (uncredited)

Vida conyugal sana

Self - Filmmaker

Enrique Herreros

Himself - Radio Host (voice) (uncredited)

La noche de los girasoles

Antonio 'Vladimiro' Flanagan

Viva la clase media

(uncredited)

Canción de cuna

Self - Filmmaker

Olea… ¡Más alto!

Self

Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring

Self

Eloy de la Iglesia, adicto al cine