José Luis Garci
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 20, 1944, Madrid, España
- Movies
- 60
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict | Self |
| 2025 | Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring | Self |
| 2024 | Summers el rebelde | |
| 2024 | Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood | |
| 2020 | Olea… ¡Más alto! | Self - Filmmaker |
| 2014 | Operación Palace | Himself |
| 2011 | Enrique Herreros | Self - Filmmaker |
| 2006 | The Night of the Sunflowers | Himself - Radio Host (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Cradle Song | (uncredited) |
| 1983 | El crack dos | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1980 | Viva la clase media | Antonio 'Vladimiro' Flanagan |
| 1976 | La noche de los cien pájaros | |
| 1974 | Vida conyugal sana | Oficinista (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2019 | The Crack: Inception | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 2012 | Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days | Director, Writer |
| 2008 | Blood of May | Director, Writer |
| 2007 | Sunday Light | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 2005 | Ninette | Director, Writer |
| 2004 | Merry-Go-Round c. 1950 | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2002 | Historia de un beso | Director, Writer |
| 2000 | You're the One | Writer, Director |
| 2000 | Yoyes | Producer |
| 1999 | Un uomo perbene | Producer |
| 1999 | Shacky Carmine | Producer |
| 1999 | Yerma | Writer |
| 1998 | The Grandfather | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1998 | Stolen Moments | Producer |
| 1997 | La herida luminosa | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1994 | Cradle Song | Director, Writer |
| 1992 | Casablanca revisitada | Director, Writer |
| 1988 | El tesoro | Writer |
| 1988 | La gran comedia | Producer |
| 1987 | Course Completed | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1985 | Beyond the Walls | Producer |
| 1984 | Double Feature | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1983 | El crack dos | Director, Screenplay |
| 1982 | Begin the Beguine | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1981 | El crack | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1980 | Viva la clase media | Writer, Producer |
| 1980 | Alfonso Sánchez | Writer, Director |
| 1979 | Las verdes praderas | Writer, Director |
| 1978 | Alone in the Small Hours | Director, Screenplay |
| 1977 | Asignatura pendiente | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | La mujer es cosa de hombres | Writer |
| 1976 | Tiempo de gente acobardada | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | La noche de los cien pájaros | Writer |
| 1975 | Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe | Writer |
| 1975 | Mi Marilyn | Director, Writer |
| 1975 | ¡Al fútbol! | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Los nuevos españoles | Screenplay |
| 1974 | Vida conyugal sana | Writer |
| 1973 | Murder in a Blue World | Screenplay |
| 1973 | It's Not Good for a Man to Be Alone | Writer |
| 1972 | The Telephone Box | Screenplay |
| 1972 | La casa de las Chivas | Writer |
| 1970 | El cronicón | Writer |
| 1969 | Las nenas del mini-mini | Writer |
| 1968 | Los preparativos | Writer |
| 1967 | Los chicos del Preu | Writer |
| 1966 | Las últimas horas | Writer |
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