Biography
One of the best known filmmakers in the world and director of some of the most famous films of Spanish cinema, tender in his vision of the characters, but satirical to the point of biting in his social analysis, clearly critical despite the censorship of the Franco regime. He was born in 1921 into a wealthy Valencian family. After the Second World War, he studied at the Escuela Oficial de Cine (IIEC/EOC), where he would later become a professor. There he met Juan Antonio Bardem, and together they made their first film. His narrative ability, together with the sharpness of his satire, bordering on nonsense, made him a popular filmmaker, but also valued by critics. Nevertheless, within his comic line he oscillates between tenderness and the grotesqueness of his choral comedies. Between both extremes are his first films, written in collaboration with Rafael Azcona, in which he develops a black humor, characteristic of both, corrosive denunciations of social hypocrisy and the death penalty. In recent years he was president of the Filmoteca Nacional de España and director of a collection of erotic novels and short stories.
Filmography
all 53
Movies 51
Director 24
self 11
Writer 3
TV Shows 2
Producer 1
El joven Berlanga (2022)
Enrique Herreros (2011)
Calle Bardem (2005)
El sueño de la maestra (2002)
París-Tombuctú (1999)
Cuando el mundo se acabe te seguiré amando (1998)
Blasco Ibáñez (1997)
Villarriba y Villabajo (1994)
Everyone Off to Jail (1993)
Moors and Christians (1987)
The Heifer (1985)
National III (1982)
National Heritage (1981)
Erotic Stories (1980)
The National Shotgun (1978)
Life Size (1974)
Long Live the Bride and Groom (1970)
Tuset Street (1968)
Días de viejo color (1968)
Las pirañas (1967)
The Executioner (1963)
The Four Truths (1962)
Placido (1962)
Streetcar for Sale (1959)
We Are 18 Years Old (1959)
Miracles of Thursday (1957)
The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
Boyfriend in Sight (1954)
That Happy Couple (1953)
Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
El circo (1950)
Paseo por una guerra antigua (1949)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-06-12
Deathday
2010-11-13 (89 years old)
Birth Name
Luis García-Berlanga Martí
Birth Place
Valencia, Spain
Children
Jorge Berlanga, Carlos Berlanga
Father
José García-Berlanga Pardo
Siblings
Fernando García-Berlanga Martí
Citizenships
Spain
Also Known As
Luis G. Berlanga, Luis Gª Berlanga, Luis García-Berlanga Martí, Berlanga, Луис Гарсия Берланга
Awards
Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Goya Award for Best Director, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
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