Luis García Berlanga

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.

Luis García Berlanga is known for work in directing across film and television. New Release currently presents 25 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes Por la gracia de Luis (2009), Ciné regards (1978), Villarriba y Villabajo (1994), The Executioner (1963), Blasco Ibáñez (1997), Placido (1962), National Heritage (1981), París-Tombuctú (1999). The recorded credits span 1949 to 2009, including 22 movies and 3 TV shows. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.