Rafael Azcona
Biography
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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Movies (49)
José Luis López Vázquez. ¡Qué disparate!
2022
The Europeans
Novel (Writing)
2020
The Queen of Spain
Characters (Writing)
2016
Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
as Self
2015
De los reptiles-saurios en los cafés
Short Story (Writing)
2014
Madrid, 1987
Dialogue (Writing)
2012
The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner
as Interviewee
2012
La guerra del cerdo
Writer (Writing)
2012
Los muertos no se tocan, nene
Novel (Writing)
2011
Rafael Azcona
as Self (archive footage)
2010
L'ultimo Pulcinella
Writer (Writing)
2009
The Blind Sunflowers
Writer (Writing)
2008
Martes de Carnaval
Screenplay (Writing)
2008
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
as Self
2007
Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista
as Himself
2007
Días de cine
Thanks (Crew)
2007
María querida
Writer (Writing)
2004
Franky Banderas
Writer (Writing)
2004
The Galíndez File
Screenplay (Writing)
2003
The Green March
Writer (Writing)
2002
Sound of the Sea
Screenplay (Writing)
2001
El paraíso ya no es lo que era
Writer (Writing)
2001
Goodbye from the Heart
Story (Writing)
2000
Butterfly
Screenplay (Writing)
1999
The Girl of Your Dreams
Writer (Writing)
1998
A Perfect Couple
Writer (Writing)
1998
Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
Writer (Writing)
1997
Pintadas
Writer (Writing)
1997
In Praise of Older Women
Writer (Writing)
1997
Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
Writer (Writing)
1997
La Celestina
Writer (Writing)
1996
Gran Slalom
Writer (Writing)
1996
The Seducer
Writer (Writing)
1995
King of the River
Writer (Writing)
1995
Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
Writer (Writing)
1995
La mujer cualquiera
Writer (Writing)
1994
Banderas, the Tyrant
Writer (Writing)
1993
Belle Époque
Screenplay (Writing)
1992
Chechu y familia
Screenplay (Writing)
1992
Ay, Carmela!
Screenplay (Writing)
1990
La mujer infiel
Writer (Writing)
1990
Blood and Sand
Writer (Writing)
1989
The Flight of the Dove
Writer (Writing)
1989
Little Spanish Soldier
Writer (Writing)
1988
Pasodoble
Writer (Writing)
1988
How Good the Whites Are
Writer (Writing)
1988
Moors and Christians
Screenplay (Writing)
1987
The Enchanted Forest
Screenplay (Writing)
1987
The Impeccable Sinner
Writer (Writing)
1987
