José Luis Garci
José Luis Garci is a Spanish director, producer, film critic, TV presenter, screenwriter and author. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Begin the Beguine (1982). Four of his films, including also Sesión continua (1984), Asignatura aprobada (1987) and El abuelo (1998), have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, more than any other Spanish director. His films are characterized for his classical style and the underlying sentimentality of their plots.
26 directing credits · 14 acting credits
Directing · 26
Historias del otro lado
1988
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
2004
Ninette
2005
Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days
2012
Blood of May
2008
You're the One
2000
¡Qué grande es el cine!
1995
The Crack: Inception
2019
The Grandfather
1998
Double Feature
1984
El crack
1981
Mi Marilyn
1975
El crack dos
1983
Sunday Light
2007
Alfonso Sánchez
1980
Alone in the Small Hours
1978
Cradle Song
1994
La herida luminosa
1997
Asignatura pendiente
1977
Historia de un beso
2002
Course Completed
1987
Las verdes praderas
1979
Casablanca revisitada
1992
Begin the Beguine
1982
¡Al fútbol!
1975
Tiempo de gente acobardada
1976
Acting · 14
Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
2025
¡Qué grande es el cine!
1995
Enrique Herreros
2011
Vida conyugal sana
1974
Operación Palace
2014
El crack dos
1983
The Night of the Sunflowers
2006
La noche de los cien pájaros
1976
Olea… ¡Más alto!
2020
Cradle Song
1994
Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring
2025
Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood
2024
Viva la clase media
1980
Summers el rebelde
2024