Carlos Saura

Carlos Saura

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1932-01-04
Deathday: 2023-02-10 (91 years old)

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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 was thrust into the international spotlight when his film The Hunt won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the following years, he forged an international reputation for his cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual responses to repressive political conditions.


By the 1970s, Saura was the best known filmmaker working in Spain. His films employed complex narrative devices and were frequently controversial. He won Special Jury Awards for Cousin Angelica (1973) and Cría Cuervos (1975) in Cannes, and he received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomination in 1979 for Mama Turns 100.


In the 1980s, Saura was in the spotlight for his Flamenco trilogy – Blood Wedding, Carmen and El amor brujo, in which he combined dramatic content and flamenco dance forms. His work continued to be featured in worldwide competitions and earned numerous awards. He received two nominations for Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for Carmen (1983) and Tango (1998). His films are sophisticated expression of time and space fusing reality with fantasy, past with present, and memory with hallucination. In the last two decades of the 20th century, Saura concentrated on works uniting music, dance and images.


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Filmography

all 80

Movies 78

Director 53

self 22

Writer 2

TV Shows 2

Self
Miradas del cine español

Miradas del cine español (2024)

Movie
The First Look

The First Look (2023)

Movie
Self
The Walls Can Talk

The Walls Can Talk (2023)

Movie
Self
Donde acaba la memoria

Donde acaba la memoria (2022)

Movie
Self
Goya, Carriere and the Ghost of Bunuel

Goya, Carriere and the Ghost of Bunuel (2022)

Movie
Director
The King of All The World

The King of All The World (2021)

Movie
Director
Goya, May 3rd

Goya, May 3rd (2021)

Movie
Director
Rosa Rosae. A Spanish Civil War Elegy

Rosa Rosae. A Spanish Civil War Elegy (2021)

Movie
Director
Renzo Piano, an Architect for Santander

Renzo Piano, an Architect for Santander (2018)

Movie
Himself - Filmmaker
Searching for Ingmar Bergman

Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores

Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores (2018)

Movie
Self
Saura(s)

Saura(s) (2017)

Movie
Self
Carlos Saura Photographer - Journey of a Book

Carlos Saura Photographer - Journey of a Book (2017)

Movie
Self
Miguel Picazo. Un cineasta extramuros

Miguel Picazo. Un cineasta extramuros (2016)

Movie
Director
J: Beyond Flamenco

J: Beyond Flamenco (2016)

Movie
Carlos Saura
Matilde Coral, acariciando el aire

Matilde Coral, acariciando el aire (2016)

Movie
Director / Writer
Argentina

Argentina (2015)

Movie
Self
Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí

Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí (2015)

Movie
Self
Aragón rodado

Aragón rodado (2014)

Movie
Inszenierung
Carlos Saura's FlamencoHoy

Carlos Saura's FlamencoHoy (2013)

Movie
Self
24 horas en la vida de Querejeta

24 horas en la vida de Querejeta (2012)

Movie
Writer
Flamenco Hoy de Carlos Saura

Flamenco Hoy de Carlos Saura (2011)

Movie
Director
Flamenco Flamenco

Flamenco Flamenco (2010)

Movie
Self
Rafael Azcona

Rafael Azcona (2010)

Movie
Director
I, Don Giovanni

I, Don Giovanni (2009)

Movie
Self
In the Lost City

In the Lost City (2009)

Movie
Director
Sinfonía de Aragón

Sinfonía de Aragón (2008)

Movie
Self
Crítico

Crítico (2008)

Movie
Director
Fados

Fados (2007)

Movie
Self
Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza

Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza (2007)

Movie
Self
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones

Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones (2005)

Movie
Director
Iberia

Iberia (2005)

Movie
Director
The 7th Day

The 7th Day (2004)

Movie
Self
Portrait of Carlos Saura

Portrait of Carlos Saura (2004)

Movie
Director
Salomé

Salomé (2002)

Movie
Director
Bunuel and King Solomon's Table

Bunuel and King Solomon's Table (2001)

Movie
Director
Goya in Bordeaux

Goya in Bordeaux (1999)

Movie
Director
Tango

Tango (1998)

Movie
Director
Little Bird

Little Bird (1997)

Movie
Director
Taxi

Taxi (1996)

Movie
Director
Flamenco

Flamenco (1995)

Movie
Director
Outrage

Outrage (1993)

Movie
Director / Adaptation
Cuentos de Borges

Cuentos de Borges (1993)

TV
Director
Marathon

Marathon (1993)

Movie
Director
El sur

El sur (1992)

Movie
Director
Sevilles

Sevilles (1992)

Movie
Director
The King of Ads

The King of Ads (1991)

Movie
Director
Ay, Carmela!

Ay, Carmela! (1990)

Movie
7
Director
The Dark Night of the Soul

The Dark Night of the Soul (1989)

Movie
Self
Buñuel

Buñuel (1989)

Movie
Director
El Dorado

El Dorado (1988)

Movie
Director
El amor brujo

El amor brujo (1986)

Movie
Director
Los zancos

Los zancos (1984)

Movie
Director
Carmen

Carmen (1983)

Movie
Director
Antonieta

Antonieta (1982)

Movie
Director
Sweet Hours

Sweet Hours (1982)

Movie
Director
Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding (1981)

Movie
Director
Faster, Faster

Faster, Faster (1981)

Movie
Director
Mama Turns 100

Mama Turns 100 (1979)

Movie
Director
Blindfolded Eyes

Blindfolded Eyes (1978)

Movie
Director
Elisa, My Life

Elisa, My Life (1977)

Movie
Director
Cria!

Cria! (1976)

Movie
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)

TV
Director
Cousin Angelica

Cousin Angelica (1974)

Movie
Director
Anna and the Wolves

Anna and the Wolves (1973)

Movie
Director
The Garden of Delights

The Garden of Delights (1970)

Movie
Director
Honeycomb

Honeycomb (1969)

Movie
Director
Stress Is Three

Stress Is Three (1968)

Movie
Director
Peppermint Frappé

Peppermint Frappé (1967)

Movie
Director
The Hunt

The Hunt (1966)

Movie
Director
Weeping for a Bandit

Weeping for a Bandit (1964)

Movie
Writer
Muere una mujer

Muere una mujer (1964)

Movie
Director
The Delinquents

The Delinquents (1960)

Movie
(uncredited)
The Little Apartment

The Little Apartment (1959)

Movie
Director
Cuenca

Cuenca (1958)

Movie
Director
La tarde del domingo

La tarde del domingo (1957)

Movie
Director
El pequeño Río Manzanares

El pequeño Río Manzanares (1956)

Movie
Director of Photography
El proceso

El proceso (1955)

Movie
Director of Photography
Before breakfast

Before breakfast (1955)

Movie
Self
País Soñado

País Soñado

Movie

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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1932-01-04

Deathday
2023-02-10 (91 years old)

Birth Place
Huesca, Spain

Relationships
Eulàlia Ramon (2006-01-01 - 2023-02-10), Adela Medrano (1957-01-01 - 1961-01-01), Mercedes Pérez (1982-01-01 - 1990-01-01), Geraldine Chaplin (1967-01-01 - 1979-01-01)

Siblings
Antonio Saura

Relatives
Ruben Wagensberg

Citizenships
Spain

Also Known As
카를로스 사우라

Awards
honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, honorary doctor of the University of Zaragoza, Alcalá City Awards, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, Goya Award for Best Director, Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, Silver Bear for Best Director, European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, Jury Prize, Golden Bear


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