Carlos Saura

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-01-04 (91 years old)

Deathday

2023-02-10

Place of Birth

Huesca, Aragón, Spain

Carlos Saura

Biography

Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career that spanned over half a century, and his films won many international awards. Saura began his career in 1955 making documentary shorts. He gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960. Although he started filming as a neorealist, Saura switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolism in order to get around the Spanish censors. In 1966, he ...

Production

1993

Outrage

as Writer

2007

Fados

as Director

1995

Flamenco

as Director

1995

Flamenco

as Writer

2004

The 7th Day

as Director

1990

Ay, Carmela!

as Director

1986

El amor brujo

as Director

1986

El amor brujo

as Writer

1983

Carmen

as Director

1981

Blood Wedding

as Director

1981

Blood Wedding

as Writer

1982

Antonieta

as Director

1993

Outrage

as Director

1998

Tango

as Director

1981

Faster, Faster

as Director

1981

1974

Cousin Angelica

as Director

1974

Cousin Angelica

as Screenplay

1988

El Dorado

as Director

1996

Taxi

as Director

1969

Honeycomb

as Screenplay

1969

Honeycomb

as Idea

1976

Cria!

as Director

1992

Sevilles

as Director

2010

2009

I, Don Giovanni

as Director

1967

1967

Peppermint Frappé

as Screenplay

2005

Iberia

as Director

2002

Salomé

as Director

2002

Salomé

as Writer

1973

1979

Mama Turns 100

as Director

1968

Stress Is Three

as Director

1968

Stress Is Three

as Screenplay

1968

1983

Carmen

as Choreographer

1966

The Hunt

as Director

1970

1977

Elisa, My Life

as Director

1997

Little Bird

as Director

1997

Little Bird

as Writer

1999

Goya in Bordeaux

as Director

1999

1978

Blindfolded Eyes

as Director

1960

The Delinquents

as Director

1984

Los zancos

as Director

1969

Honeycomb

as Director

1964

1990

Ay, Carmela!

as Screenplay

1982

Antonieta

as Writer

1988

El Dorado

as Writer

1983

Carmen

as Writer

1998

Tango

as Writer

1976

Cria!

as Screenplay

2023

2021

Goya, May 3rd

as Director

2015

Argentina

as Director

2015

Argentina

as Writer

1982

Sweet Hours

as Director

1964

1973

2009

2016

1977

Elisa, My Life

as Screenplay

1977

2016

1960

The Delinquents

as Screenplay

2008

1958

Cuenca

as Director

1958

Cuenca

as Screenplay

1958

Cuenca

as Story

1958

Cuenca

as Cinematography

1957

1979

1978

Blindfolded Eyes

as Screenplay

1991

The King of Ads

as Director

1976

Cria!

as Screenstory

1993

Marathon

as Director

1955

Before breakfast

as Director of Photography

1955

El proceso

as Director of Photography

2023

1992

El sur

as Director

2002

Salomé

as Set Designer

1982

Sweet Hours

as Writer

1966

The Hunt

as Screenplay

2021

2007

Fados

as Writer

2007

Fados

as Production Design

1955

Letter of Sanabria

as Assistant Camera

2010

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