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.
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Also Known As
Movies (49)
Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring
as Self
2025
Summers el rebelde
2024
Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood
2024
Olea… ¡Más alto!
as Self - Filmmaker
2020
The Crack: Inception
Director (Directing)
2019
Operación Palace
as Himself
2014
Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days
Director (Directing)
2012
Enrique Herreros
as Self - Filmmaker
2011
Blood of May
Director (Directing)
2008
Sunday Light
Director (Directing)
2007
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
Thanks (Crew)
2006
The Night of the Sunflowers
as Himself - Radio Host (voice) (uncredited)
2006
Ninette
Director (Directing)
2005
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
Director (Directing)
2004
Historia de un beso
Director (Directing)
2002
You're the One
Writer (Writing)
2000
Leo
Executive Producer (Production)
2000
Yoyes
Producer (Production)
2000
Cóndor Crux
Executive Producer (Production)
2000
Un uomo perbene
Producer (Production)
1999
Shacky Carmine
Producer (Production)
1999
The Revenge
Associate Producer (Production)
1999
Yerma
Writer (Writing)
1999
The Grandfather
Director (Directing)
1998
Stolen Moments
Producer (Production)
1998
La herida luminosa
Producer (Production)
1997
Cradle Song
as (uncredited)
1994
Casablanca revisitada
Director (Directing)
1992
El tesoro
Writer (Writing)
1988
El río que nos lleva
Executive Producer (Production)
1988
La gran comedia
Producer (Production)
1988
Course Completed
Director (Directing)
1987
Beyond the Walls
Producer (Production)
1985
Double Feature
Director (Directing)
1984
El crack dos
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1983
To Begin Again
Director (Directing)
1982
El crack
Director (Directing)
1981
Viva la clase media
as Antonio 'Vladimiro' Flanagan
1980
Alfonso Sánchez
Writer (Writing)
1980
Las verdes praderas
Writer (Writing)
1979
Alone in the Small Hours
Director (Directing)
1978
Asignatura pendiente
Director (Directing)
1977
La Gioconda está triste
Storyboard (Writing)
1977
La mujer es cosa de hombres
Writer (Writing)
1976
La noche de los cien pájaros
1976
Tiempo de gente acobardada
Director (Directing)
1976
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
Writer (Writing)
1975
Mi Marilyn
Director (Directing)
1975
¡Al fútbol!
Director (Directing)
1975
