José Luis Borau

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-08-08 (83 years old)

Deathday

2012-11-23

Place of Birth

Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain

José Luis Borau

Biography

Spanish film director and producer, born in Zaragoza. He studied law in his hometown and debuted as a film critic in the newspaper El Heraldo de Aragón. In Madrid, he joined the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas. He exerted great influence on the medium from his teaching at the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía. In 1967 he founded the production company El Imán, Cine y Televisión, with which he has financed his own projects and those of other filmmakers. Of his personal work, two films stand out: Furtivos (1975), Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Festival and a great success for its opposition to the limits of censo...

Acting

2009

1993

1975

Poachers

as Gobernador

2011

Enrique Herreros

as Self - Filmmaker

1965

Snakes and Ladders

as Cliente del café (uncredited)

1972

My Dearest Senorita

as Médico (uncredited)

1975

La adúltera

as Médico

1988

Misadventure

as Alcántara

1978

Somnambulists

as Director de la biblioteca

Production

1964

Ride and Kill

as Screenplay

1964

Ride and Kill

as Director

1986

Tata Mía

as Writer

2000

Leo

as Director

1986

Tata Mía

as Director

1975

B. Must Die

as Director

1997

Niño nadie

as Director

1997

Niño nadie

as Writer

1984

On the Line

as Director

1977

In Memoriam

as Producer

1975

Poachers

as Director

1979

La Sabina

as Director

1975

Poachers

as Screenplay

1975

Poachers

as Producer

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My Dearest Señorita

as Original Film Writer

1970

Estado de sitio

as Producer

1960

En el río

as Director

1965

2001

Anna's Summer

as Producer

1960

En el río

as Screenplay

1977

Black Litter

as Writer

1972

1972

My Dearest Senorita

as Assistant Director

1977

El monosabio

as Screenplay

1975

B. Must Die

as Producer

1975

B. Must Die

as Writer

1979

La Sabina

as Writer

1984

On the Line

as Producer

1984

On the Line

as Writer

1986

Tata Mía

as Producer

2000

Leo

as Writer

2000

Leo

as Producer

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