Rafael Azcona
Known for: Writing
Born: October 24, 1926
Died: March 23, 2008
Place of birth: Logroño, La Rioja, España
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rafael Azcona Fernández (24 October 1926 – 24 March 2008) was an awarded Spanish screenwriter and novelist who has worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers. Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career, including a lifetime achievement award in 1998. He was born in the northern Spanish city Logroño on 24 October 1926. Azcona initially began his career writing for humor magazines. He became known as a screenwriter when he penned the screenplay for the film, El Pisito (The Little Apartment), which was based on his own novel. The 1959 film was directed by Italian film director, Marco Ferreri. Azcona teamed up with director Fernando Trueba in “Belle Époque,” which won an Academy Award for best foreign film in 1994. He collaborated with other Spanish directors including Luis Garcia Berlanga, Jose Luis Cuerda, Jose Luis Garcia Sanchez, Pedro Olea, and Carlos Saura. Azcona was also awarded the Spanish Fine Arts Gold Medal in 1994. Rafael Azcona died at his home in Madrid, Spain, on 24 March 2008, at the age of 81.
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Filmography
118 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
5.5
José Luis López Vázquez. ¡Qué disparate!
2022
5.4
The Europeans
2020
5.2
The Queen of Spain
2016
3.0
Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
2015
NR
De los reptiles-saurios en los cafés
2014
6.6
Madrid, 1987
2012NR
The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner
2012
NR
La guerra del cerdo
2012
4.8
Los muertos no se tocan, nene
2011
7.0
Rafael Azcona
2010
NR
Martes de Carnaval
2009
5.0
L'ultimo Pulcinella
2009
6.5
The Blind Sunflowers
2008
6.8
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
2007NR
Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista
2007
3.7
Días de cine
2007
7.0
María querida
2004
5.5
Franky Banderas
2004
4.4
The Galíndez File
2003
3.8
The Green March
2002
5.9
Sound of the Sea
2001
4.2
El paraíso ya no es lo que era
2001
6.4
Goodbye from the Heart
2000
7.3
Butterfly
1999
6.5
The Girl of Your Dreams
1998
9.0
A Perfect Couple
1998
9.0
Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
1997
3.2
Pintadas
1997
5.5
In Praise of Older Women
1997
5.0
Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
1997
4.8
La Celestina
1996
10.0
Gran Slalom
1996
4.6
The Seducer
1995
6.0
King of the River
1995
5.3
Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
1995
8.0
La mujer cualquiera
1994
5.4
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993
6.7
Belle Époque
1992
5.3
Chechu and Family
1992
6.7
Ay, Carmela!
19908.0
La mujer infiel
1990
5.0
Blood and Sand
1989
6.2
The Flight of the Dove
1989
4.1
Little Spanish Soldier
1988
5.3
Pasodoble
1988
6.6
How Good the Whites Are
1988
5.8
Moors and Christians
1987
7.0
The Enchanted Forest
1987
6.3
The Impeccable Sinner
1987
6.0
Year of Enlightment
1986
6.6
Hay que deshacer la casa
1986
5.6
The Court of the Pharaoh
1985
6.7
The Heifer
1985
7.0
Don Chisciotte
1984
7.0
Los desastres de la guerra
1983
6.2
National III
1982
5.0
Bésame, tonta
1982
3.5
Airlift
1981
7.0
127 millones libres de impuestos
1981
7.1
National Heritage
1981
6.3
El divorcio que viene
1980
6.0
La familia bien, gracias
1979
6.0
Honey
1979
5.5
A Man Called Autumn Flower
1978
6.8
The National Shotgun
1978
6.2
Bye Bye Monkey
1978
4.7
Una noche embarazosa
1977
5.4
My Daughter Hildegart
1977
5.8
The Anchorite
1976
6.2
The Last Woman
1976
7.0
La adúltera
1975
5.6
Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego!
1975
8.0
El poder del deseo
1975
6.2
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
1974
5.7
Life Size
1974
7.0
La revolución matrimonial
1974
6.5
Cousin Angelica
1974
5.5
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974
8.0
Fischia Il Sesso
1974
5.5
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974
6.9
Anna and the Wolves
1973
7.1
La Grande Bouffe
1973
4.9
Tarot
1973
6.3
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
6.2
Far from the Trees
1972
5.8
It Can Be Done Amigo
1972
6.5
The Audience
1972
8.5
La cera virgen
1972
5.1
Cross Current
1971
6.2
In the Eye of the Hurricane
1971
6.1
The Garden of Delights
1970
8.5
El monumento
1970
6.0
Las secretas intenciones
1970
6.0
Long Live the Bride and Groom
1970
5.6
The Challenges
1969
6.4
Honeycomb
1969
4.5
Tuset Street
1968
6.4
Las pirañas
1967
6.6
Peppermint Frappé
1967
5.5
The Harem
1967
7.0
The Man with the Balloons
1967
6.0
The Seventh Floor
1967
7.0
L'Estate
1966
6.5
The Wedding March
1966
6.4
Kiss the Other Sheik
1965
6.4
Run for Your Wife
1965
6.5
Controsesso
1964
7.3
The Ape Woman
1964
5.5
Un rincón para querernos
1964
7.6
The Executioner
1963
6.5
Death and the Lumberjack
1963
6.5
The Conjugal Bed
1963
4.2
The Four Truths
1962
7.6
Mafioso
1962
7.7
Placido
1962
7.0
Latin Lovers
1961
10.0
The Secret of the Blue Men
1961
6.8
The Wheelchair
1960
8.0
Streetcar for Sale
1959
6.7
The Little Apartment
1959