José Luis Garci
Known for: Directing
Born: January 20, 1944
Place of birth: Madrid, España
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
61 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
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Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
2025
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Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring
2025
6.0
Summers el rebelde
2024
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Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood
2024
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Olea… ¡Más alto!
2020
6.7
The Crack: Inception
2019
6.2
Operación Palace
2014
4.7
Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days
2012
6.5
Enrique Herreros
2011
6.0
Blood of May
2008
5.9
Sunday Light
20078.0
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
2006
6.4
The Night of the Sunflowers
2006
5.2
Ninette
2005
6.0
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
2004
6.2
Historia de un beso
2002
7.3
You're the One
2000
6.6
Leo
2000
5.6
Yoyes
2000
6.0
Cóndor Crux
2000
5.7
Un uomo perbene
1999
7.5
Shacky Carmine
1999
9.0
The Revenge
1999
4.2
Yerma
1999
6.4
The Grandfather
1998
9.0
Stolen Moments
1998
6.0
La herida luminosa
1997
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¡Qué grande es el cine!
1995
6.5
Cradle Song
1994
9.0
Casablanca revisitada
1992
6.8
El tesoro
1988
5.8
El río que nos lleva
1988
7.7
La gran comedia
1988
10.0
Historias del otro lado
1988
6.1
Course Completed
1987
5.2
Beyond the Walls
1985
5.5
Double Feature
1984
6.9
El crack dos
1983
6.6
Begin the Beguine
1982
7.2
El crack
1981
5.6
Viva la clase media
1980
6.3
Alfonso Sánchez
1980
6.3
Las verdes praderas
1979
6.3
Alone in the Small Hours
1978
5.7
Asignatura pendiente
1977
8.0
La Gioconda está triste
1977
8.0
La mujer es cosa de hombres
1976
4.8
La noche de los cien pájaros
19767.0
Tiempo de gente acobardada
1976
4.3
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
1975
6.4
Mi Marilyn
1975
5.9
¡Al fútbol!
1975
5.2
Los nuevos españoles
1974
4.0
Vida conyugal sana
1974
4.7
Murder in a Blue World
1973
6.1
It's Not Good for a Man to Be Alone
1973
7.3
The Telephone Box
1972
6.5
La casa de las Chivas
1972
8.3
Plinio
1972
6.0
El cronicón
1970
8.0
Las nenas del mini-mini
1969
9.0
Los preparativos
1968
5.6
Los chicos del Preu
1967
8.0
Las últimas horas
1966