The art of motion-picture making within the nation of Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema. Víctor Erice Aras was born in Karrantza in Biscay ( Spain) He studied law political science and economics at the University of Madrid also attended the The Spirit of the Beehive (Spanish El espíritu de la colmena) ( 1973) is a quiet enigmatic Drama film featuring a very young child A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a José Luis Cuerda ( 18 February, 1947 Albacete) is a Spanish Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
In recent years, Spanish cinema has achieved high marks of recognition as a result of its creative and technical excellence. In the long history of Spanish cinema, the great filmmaker Luis Buñuel was the first to achieve universal recognition, followed by Pedro Almodóvar in the 1980s. Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish Spanish cinema has also seen international success over the years with films by directors like Segundo de Chomón, Florián Rey, Luis García Berlanga, Juan Antonio Bardem, Carlos Saura, Julio Medem and Alejandro Amenábar. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz ( October 17 1871 in Teruel - May 2 1929) was a pioneering Spanish film director Florián Rey (real name Antonio Martínez del Castillo) born at La Almunia de Doña Godina ( Zaragoza) January 25 1894 - death at Benidorm Luis García Berlanga (born in Valencia, on 12 June 1921) is a Spanish Film director and Screenwriter. Juan Antonio Bardem ( 2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish Screen writer and Film director who was born and died Carlos Saura (born 4 January 1932, Atarés, Huesca) is a Spanish film director Julio Médem (born 21 October 1958) is a Spanish Basque Writer and Film director. Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago Chile) is a Spanish Film Woody Allen, upon receiving the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award in 2002 in Oviedo remarked: "when I left New York, the most exciting film in the city at the time was Spanish, Pedro Almodovar's one. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and The Prince of Asturias Awards ( Spanish: Premios Príncipe de Asturias, Asturian: Premios Príncipe d'Asturies) is a series of prestigious annual Oviedo ( Asturian: Uviéu is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. I hope that Europeans will continue to lead the way in film making because at the moment not much is coming from the United States. "
Non-directors have obtained less international notability. Only the cinematographer Néstor Almendros, the Art director Gil Parrondo, the screenwriter Rafael Azcona, the actress Penélope Cruz and the actors Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Antonio Banderas, Javier Bardem and Fernando Fernán Gómez have obtained significant recognition outside Spain. Néstor Almendros, ASC ( October 30, 1930 &ndash March 4, 1992) was a Spanish Cinematographer. The term art director is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in Advertising, Publishing, film and Television, the Internet Rafael Azcona ( October 24, 1926 &ndash March 24, 2008) was an awarded Spanish Screenwriter and Novelist who An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Penélope Cruz Sánchez (pe̞ˈne̞ˑlo̞pe̞ ˈkɾuθ̟ ˈs̺änʲʨe̞θ̟ born April 28 1974 better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Fernando Casado D'Arambillet, better known as Fernando Rey ( September 20, 1917 &ndash March 9, 1994) was a Spanish Francisco Rabal ( March 8 1926 - August 29 2001) perhaps better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor born in Águilas José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960) better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film Actor and Singer Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969 is an Academy Award -winning and critically acclaimed Spanish Actor who has starred in over two dozen Fernando Fernán Gómez ( August 28, 1921 &ndash November 21, 2007) was a Spanish actor and director Mexican actor Gael García Bernal has also recently received international notoriety in films by Spanish directors. Gael García Bernal (IPA /ga'el gaɾ'sia beɾ'nal/ born November 30 1978 is a Mexican Actor and director.
Today, only 10 to 20% of box office receipts in Spain are generated by domestic films, a situation that repeats itself in many nations of Europe and the Americas. The Spanish government has therefore implemented various measures aimed at supporting local film production and movie theaters, which include the assurance of funding from the main national television stations. The trend is being reversed with the recent screening of productions such as the €30 million film Alatriste (starring Viggo Mortensen), the Academy Award winning Spanish/Mexican film Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno), Volver (starring Penélope Cruz), and Los Borgia (€10 million), all of them sold-out blockbusters in Spain. Alatriste is a film directed by Spanish director Agustín Díaz Yanes, based on the main character of a series of novels written by Arturo Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr (born October 20 1958 is a Golden Globe - and Academy Award -nominated Danish American Theater and movie Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish El laberinto del fauno, literally The Labyrinth of the Faun) is a 2006 Spanish language Volver ( Spanish: "to return" (specifically to return to a place bolˈβ̞eɾ is a 2006 Spanish film by director Pedro Almodóvar Penélope Cruz Sánchez (pe̞ˈne̞ˑlo̞pe̞ ˈkɾuθ̟ ˈs̺änʲʨe̞θ̟ born April 28 1974 better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress
Another aspect of Spanish cinema mostly unknown to the general public is the appearance of English-language Spanish films such as The Machinist (starring Christian Bale) The Others (starring Nicole Kidman), Basic Instinct 2 (starring Sharon Stone), and Milos Forman’s Goya's Ghosts (starring Javier Bardem and Natalie Portman). The Machinist (also known as El Maquinista) is an English-language Spanish Psychological thriller film directed by Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974 is a British Basic Instinct 2, also known as Basic Instinct 2 Risk Addiction, is a 2006 Film, being the long awaited sequel to 1992's Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American Golden Globe - and Emmy -winning Actress, producer, and former Jan Tomáš Forman (ˈjan ˈtomaːʃ ˈforman born February 18, 1932) better known as Miloš Forman (ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman is a Czech-American Goya's Ghosts is a 2006 Spanish Film directed by Miloš Forman ( Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969 is an Academy Award -winning and critically acclaimed Spanish Actor who has starred in over two dozen Natalie Portman (נטלי פורטמן born Natalie Hershlag June 9 1981 is an Israeli American Actress. All of these films were produced by Spanish firms. This attests to the dynamism and creativity of Spanish directors and producers. (More on this below. )
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Origins
The first Spanish film exhibition took place on May 5, 1895 in Barcelona. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Exhibitions of Lumière films were screened in Madrid and Barcelona in May and December of 1896, respectively. Events January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W Paul developed their own film projector the Theatrograph (later known
The matter of which Spanish film came first is in doubt. Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz ( October 17 1871 in Teruel - May 2 1929) was a pioneering Spanish film director The first was either Salida de la misa de doce de la Iglesia del Pilar de Zaragoza (Exit of the Twelve O'Clock Mass from the Church of El Pilar of Zaragoza) by Eduardo Jimeno Peromarta, Plaza del puerto en Barcelona (Plaza of the Port of Barcelona) by Alexandre Promio or the anonymous film Llegada de un tren de Teruel a Segorbe (Arrival of a Train from Teruel in Segorbe). It is also possible that the first film was Riña en un café (Brawl in a Café) by the prolific filmmaker Fructuós Gelabert. These films were all released in 1897. Events 125 people died during a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris after a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the
The first Spanish film director to achieve great success internationally was Segundo de Chomón, who worked in France and Italy but made several famous fantasy films in Spain such as El Hotel eléctrico. Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz ( October 17 1871 in Teruel - May 2 1929) was a pioneering Spanish film director This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest El Hotel eléctrico ( The Electric Hotel in Spanish) is a 1908 silent Spanish Comedy film fantasy directed by Spanish film pioneer
The height of silent cinema
In 1914, Barcelona was the center of the nation's film industry. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The españoladas (historical epics of Spain) predominated until the 1960s. The Epic is a genre of film which places emphasis on human drama on a grand scale The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Prominent among these were the films of Florián Rey, starring Imperio Argentina, and the first version of Nobleza Baturra (1925). Florián Rey (real name Antonio Martínez del Castillo) born at La Almunia de Doña Godina ( Zaragoza) January 25 1894 - death at Benidorm Magdalena Nile del Río ( December 26 1906 &ndash August 22 2003) was a professional singer and movie actress who was better known as Imperio Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman Historical dramas such as Vida de Cristóbal Colón y su Descubrimiento de América (The Life of Christopher Columbus and His Discovery of America) (1917), by the French director Gerald Bourgeois, adaptations of newspaper serials such as Los misterios de Barcelona (The Mysteries of Barcelona) starring Joan Maria Codina (1916), and of stage plays such as Don Juan Tenorio, by Ricardo Baños, and zarzuelas (comedic operettas), were also produced. The year 1917 in film involved some significant events Events Foundation of Universum Film AG (UƒA as a propaganda film company in Berlin Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( The term " serial " refers to the intrinsic property of a series &mdash namely its order. The year 1916 in film involved some significant events Events October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with Operetta is a genre of light Opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter Even the Nobel Prize-winning playwright Jacinto Benavente, who said that "in film they pay me the scraps," would shoot film versions of his theatrical works. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Jacinto Benavente y Martínez ( August 12, 1866 – July 14, 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century
In 1928, Ernesto Giménez Caballero and Luis Buñuel founded the first cine-club (film society), in Madrid. Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. Ernesto Giménez Caballero (born Madrid, August 2 1899 - died Madrid May 14 1988) also known as Gecé, was a Spanish Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico A film society is a membership Club where people can watch Private screenings of films which would otherwise not be shown in Mainstream By that point, Madrid was already the primary center of the industry; 44 of the 58 films released up until that point had been produced there.
The rural drama La aldea maldita (The Cursed Village) (Florian Rey, 1929) was a hit in Paris, where, at the same time, Buñuel and Dalí premiered Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog). Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11 1904 &ndash January 23 1989 was a Spanish Catalan Surrealist Un chien andalou ( An Andalusian Dog) is a 1928 short Surrealist film made in France by two Spanish auteurs the Aragonian Un chien andalou has become one of the most well-known avant-garde films of that era. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard
The crisis of sound
By 1931, the introduction of audiophonic foreign productions had hurt the Spanish film industry to the point where only a single title was released that year. Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert
In 1935, Manuel Casanova founded the Compañía Industrial Film Española S. Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM Manuel F Casanova, MD is the Gottfried and Gisela Kolb Endowed Chair in Outpatient Psychiatry and a professor of anatomical sciences and Neurobiology at the A. (Spanish Industrial Film Company Inc, CIFESA) and introduced sound to Spanish film-making. CIFESA would grow to become the biggest production company to ever exist in Spain. Sometimes criticized as an instrument of the right wing, it nevertheless supported young filmmakers such as Luis Buñuel and his pseudo-documentary Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan (Breadless Land). In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico Las Hurdes Tierra Sin Pan ( 1932) ( English language: Land Without Bread or Unpromised Land) is a 27-minute-long In 1933 it was responsible for filming 17 motion pictures and in 1934, 21. Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The most notable success was Benito Perojo´s La verbena de la paloma (The Dove's Verbena). Benito Perojo ( Madrid, 14 June 1894 - Madrid, 11 November 1974) was a successful Spanish Film director and By 1935 production had risen to 37 films. Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM
The Civil War and its aftermath
Around 1936, both sides of the Civil War began to use cinema as a means of propaganda and censorship. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable harmful or sensitive as determined by a censor A typical example of this is Luis Buñuel's España 1936, which also contains much rare newsreel footage. Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico A documentary short made by Luis Buñuel about the early days of the Spanish Civil War. The pro-Franco side founded the National Department of Cinematography, causing many actors to go into exile. Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (born December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, died November 20, 1975 in Madrid
The new regime then began to impose obligatory dubbing to highlight directors such as Ignacio F. Iquino, Rafael Gil (Huella de luz (1941)), Juan de Orduña (Locura de amor (1948)), Antonio Román (Los últimos de Filipinas), José Luis Sáenz de Heredia (Raza (film)) (1942)) with scripts of Franco's and Edgar Neville's. Ignacio F Iquino, also credited as John Wood, Steve MacCohy, Prada-Iquino, Steve McCoy, Steve McCohy and Ignacio Iquino Rafael Gil ( 22 May 1913 Madrid - 10 July 1986 Madrid) was a Spanish Film director and Screenwriter Huella de luz is a 1943 Spanish Comedy film directed by Rafael Gil on his directing debut Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juan de Orduña ( December 27 1900 Madrid - February 3 1974) was a Spanish Film director. Locura de amor is a 1948 Spanish historical drama Film directed by Juan de Orduña. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Antonio Román ( 9 November 1911 - 16 June 1989) was a top Spanish Film director, Screenwriter, Film Los últimos de Filipinas is a 1945 Spanish biographical War film directed by Antonio Román. José Luis Sáenz de Heredia ( 10 April 1911 Madrid - 4 November 1992) was a Spanish Film director. Raza is a 1942 Spanish semi-auto biographical War film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was time of CIFESA film company, with their epic historical films and their comedies such as (Ella, él y sus millones). Ella él y sus millones is a 1944 Spanish Comedy film written and directed by Juan de Orduña. They also began to highlight Fedra (1956), by Manuel Mur Oti. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
For its part, Marcelino, pan y vino (Marcelino, Bread and Wine) (1955) from Ladislao Vajda would trigger a trend of child actors, such as those who would become the protagonists of "Joselito," "Marisol," "Rocío Durcal" or "Pili y Mili. Marcelino Pan y Vino ''Marcelino Bread and Wine'' (aka The Miracle of Marcelino) is a 1955 Spanish film Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Jose Jimenez is the name of José Jiménez (character, fictional character created by U Rocío Dúrcal ( October 4, 1944 - March 25, 2006) born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish "
Finally, in the 1950s, the influence of Neorealism became evident in the works of new directors such as Antonio del Amo, Antonio Nieves Conde's masterpiece Surcos, Juan Antonio Bardem's (Muerte de un ciclista and Calle mayor), and Luis García Berlanga. Surcos ( English informal title Furrows) ( 1951) is a Spanish Film directed by José Antonio Juan Antonio Bardem ( 2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish Screen writer and Film director who was born and died Muerte de un ciclista (Death of a Cyclist is a 1955 Spanish drama Film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem starring by Italian actress Calle Mayor ( Main street) is a 1956 Spanish drama Film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem with a French Luis García Berlanga (born in Valencia, on 12 June 1921) is a Spanish Film director and Screenwriter.
Juan de Orduña would later have an enormous commercial hit with El Último Cuplé (The Final Variety Song) (1957), with leading actress Sara Montiel. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Sara Montiel (also Sarita Montiel or Saritísima) (born March 10, 1928) is a Spanish Singer, and actress
Buñuel sporadically returned to Spain to film the shocking Viridiana (1961) and Tristana (1970), two of his best films. Viridiana is a 1961 Spanish - Mexican Coproduction, directed by Luis Buñuel and produced in Spain by Mexican Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tristana (1970 by Luis Buñuel, is a film based upon the eponymous novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, featuring Catherine Deneuve and Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Coproductions and foreign productions
Numerous coproductions with France and, most of all, Italy along the 50s, 60s and 70s invigorated Spanish cinema both industrially and artistically. Note Sometimes the ' 50s is used as shorthand for the 1950s, the 1850s, or other such decades in various centuries Events and Trends Note Sometimes the ' 60s is used as shorthand for the 1960s, the 1860s, or other such decades in various centuries Events and Note Sometimes the ' 70s is used as shorthand for the 1970s, the 1870s, or other such decades in other centuries Events and Actually the just mentioned Buñuel's movies were coprodctions: Viridiana was Spanish-Mexican, and Tristana Spanish-French-Italian. Also, the hundreds of Spaghetti-westerns and peplums shot in southern Spain by mixed Spanish-Italian teams were coproductions. Spaghetti Western, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western Sword and sandal films or pepla (singular= peplum) are a Genre of adventure or Fantasy films that have subjects set in Biblical
On the other hand, several American epic-scale superproductions or blockbusters were shot also in Spain, produced either by Samuel Bronston, ( King of Kings (1961), El Cid (1961), 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Circus World (1964)), or by others (The Pride and the Passion (1957), Solomon and Sheba (1959), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965)). The Epic is a genre of film which places emphasis on human drama on a grand scale This article refers to the theatrical slang term for other uses see Blockbuster (disambiguation. Samuel Bronston ( March 26, 1908, Bessarabia – January 12, 1994, Sacramento California) was a Russian born For the 1927 Cecil B DeMille film see The King of Kings King of Kings ( 1961) is a American Motion El Cid is a 1961 historical Epic film made by Samuel Bronston Productions in association with The Rank Organisation 55 Days at Peking is a 1963 historical Epic film made by Samuel Bronston Productions and released by Allied Artists The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 Epic film made by Samuel Bronston Productions and The Rank Organisation, and released by Paramount For the defunct Florida theme park see Circus World Circus World, also known as Samuel Bronston's Circus World The Pride and the Passion ( 1957) is a Historical film drama made by Stanley Kramer productions filmed in Technicolor and VistaVision Solomon and Sheba is a 1959 Biblical Epic film made by Edward Small Productions and distributed by United Artists. Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 Epic film based on the life of T Doctor Zhivago ( Доктор Живаго) is a 1965 drama - romance - War film directed by David Lean and loosely These movies employed many Spanish technical professionals, and as a byproduct caused that some filmstars, like Ava Gardner and Orson Welles lived in Spain for years. Ava Lavinia Gardner ( December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an Academy Award -nominated American actress George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Actually Welles, with Mr. Arkadin (1955), in fact a French-Spanish-Swiss coproduction, was one of the first American filmmakers to devise Spain as location for his shootings, and he did it again for Chimes at Midnight (1966). Mr Arkadin is a French-Spanish-Swiss coproduction film written and directed by Orson Welles. Chimes at Midnight (aka Falstaff) is a 1965 film directed by Orson Welles based around the character of Sir John Falstaff
Many international actors played in Spanish films: Italians Vittorio Gassman and Rossano Brazzi with Mexican María Félix in La corona negra ; Italian couple Raf Vallone and Elena Varzi in Los ojos dejan huella, Mexican Arturo de Córdova in Los peces rojos, Americans Betsy Blair in Calle mayor; Edmund Gwenn in Calabuch or Richard Basehart in Los jueves, milagro among many others. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Vittorio Gassman ( September 1, 1922 – June 29, 2000) popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian Theatre Rossano Brazzi ( September 18, 1916 &ndash December 24, 1994) was an Italian actor The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. María Félix (April 8 1914 - April 8 2002 was a Mexican actress one of the icons of the golden era of the Cinema of Mexico. Raffaele Vallone, known as Raf, ( February 17, 1916 – October 31, 2002) was an Italian actor and an international Los ojos dejan huellas is a 1952 Spanish Thriller film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. Los peces rojos is a 1955 Spanish Thriller film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde Plot Summary Betsy Blair (born Elizabeth Winifred Boger on December 11, 1923) is an Oscar -nominated American character actress Calle Mayor ( Main street) is a 1956 Spanish drama Film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem with a French Edmund Gwenn ( September 6 1875 - September 6, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning English Theatre and Calabuch, or (US title The Rocket from Calabuch) is a 1956 comedy Spanish film directed by Luis García Berlanga. John Richard Basehart ( August 31 1914 - September 17 1984) was an American Actor. Los jueves milagro is a 1959 Spanish film All the foreign actors were dubbed into Spanish. In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a Motion picture.
The new Spanish cinema
In 1962, José María García Escudero became the Director General of Cinema, propelling forward state efforts and the Escuela Oficial de Cine (Official Cinema School), from which emerged the majority of new directors, generally from the political left and those opposed to the Franco dictatorship. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Among these were Mario Camus, Miguel Picazo, Francisco Regueiro, Manuel Summers, and, above all, Carlos Saura. Mario Camus ( Santander, April 20, 1935) is a Spanish Screenwriter and Film director. Manuel Summers Rivero ( March 26, 1935 - June 12, 1993) was a Spanish Film director and Screenwriter. Carlos Saura (born 4 January 1932, Atarés, Huesca) is a Spanish film director Apart from this line of directors, Fernando Fernán Gómez made the classic El extraño viaje (The Strange Trip) (1964). Fernando Fernán Gómez ( August 28, 1921 &ndash November 21, 2007) was a Spanish actor and director El extraño viaje or The strange voyage is a 1964 Spanish black drama Film directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez From television came Jaime de Armiñan, author of Mi querida señorita (My Dear Lady) (1971). Jaime de Armiñán, ( March 9, 1927, Madrid) is a Spanish Screenwriter and Film director. Mi querida señorita ( English: My Dearest señorita) is a 1972 Spanish Film directed by Jaime de
From the so-called Escuela de Barcelona, originally more experimentalist and cosmopolitan, come Vicente Aranda, Jaime Camino, and Gonzalo Suárez, who made their master works in the 1980s. The Barcelona School was a 1960s group of Catalan filmmakers concerned with the disruption of daily life by the unexpected whose stylistic affinities lie with the pop art movement of the Vicente Aranda (born on 9 November 1926 in Barcelona) is a Spanish Film director, Screenwriter and producer Gonzalo Suárez Morilla ( July 30, 1934, Oviedo) is a Spanish Writer, Screenwriter and Film director.
The San Sebastian International Film Festival is a major film festival supervised by the FIAPF. The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category Film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spanish city of The FIAPF ( Fedération International des Associations de Producteurs de Films; English International Federation of Film Producers Associations) based in It was started in 1953, and it takes place in San Sebastián every year. Donostia-San Sebastián ( Basque: Donostia, IPA; Spanish: San Sebastián, known officially as Donostia-San Sebastián Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn, Steven Spielberg, Gregory Peck, Elizabeth Taylor are some of the stars that have participated in this festival, the most important in Spain and one of the best cinema festivals in the world. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Gregory Peck (April 5 1916 &ndash June 12 2003 was an Academy Award -winning and four-time Golden Globe Award-winning American Film Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress
The Festival de Cine de Sitges, now known as the Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya (International Film Festival of Catalonia), was started in 1967. The Festival de Cine de Sitges (also known as Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya) is one of the most recognizable Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. It is considered one of the best cinematographic contests in Europe, and is the best in the specialty of science fiction film. Science fiction Film is a Film genre that uses speculative, Science -based depictions of imaginary phenomena such as extra-terrestrial
The cinema of the democratic era
With the end of dictatorship, censorship was greatly loosened and cultural works were permitted in other languages spoken in Spain besides Spanish, resulting in the founding of the Catalan Institute of Cinema, among others.
At the beginning, the popular phenomena of striptease and landismo (from Alfredo Landa) triumph. A striptease or Exotic dance is a form of erotic entertainment usually a Dance, in which the performer known as a "stripper" gradually undresses Alfredo Landa Areitio ( March 3, 1933) is a Spanish actor He was born in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. During the democracy, a whole new series of directors base their films either on controversial topics or on revising the country's history. Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system Jaime Chávarri, Víctor Erice, José Luis Garci, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Eloy de la Iglesia, Pilar Miró and Pedro Olea were some of these who directed great films. Jaime Chávarri y de la Mora (born March 20, 1943) is a Spanish actor screenwriter and film director Víctor Erice Aras was born in Karrantza in Biscay ( Spain) He studied law political science and economics at the University of Madrid also attended the José Luis Garci (born January 20 1944 in Madrid, Spain) is a director, producer, Writer, and Actor Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón ( Torrelavega, Cantabria January 2,1940 is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director Eloy de la Iglesia ( January 1, 1944 – March 23, 2006) was a Spanish Screenwriter and Film director from Zarautz Pilar Miró ( Madrid, April 20 1940 – † Madrid, October 19 1997) was an awarded Spanish Screenwriter, Pedro Olea ( June 30, 1938, Bilbao) is a Spanish screenwriter film producer and film director Montxo Armendáriz or Juanma Bajo Ulloa's "new Basque cinema" has also been outstanding; another prominent Basque director is Julio Medem. Montxo Armendariz, born Ramón Armendariz Barrios, in Olleta Orbaibar in Navarra 1949, is an awarded Spanish Screenwriter and Film director Juan Manuel Bajo Ulloa (born January 1, 1967) is a Spanish Basque Film director. Julio Médem (born 21 October 1958) is a Spanish Basque Writer and Film director.
The Spanish cinema, however, depends on the great hits of the so-called Madrileño comedy by Fernando Colomo or Fernando Trueba, the sophisticated melodramas by Pedro Almodóvar, Alex de la Iglesia and Santiago Segura's black humour or Alejandro Amenábar's works, in such a manner that, according to producer José Antonio Félez, "50% of total box office revenues comes from five titles, and between 8 and 10 films give 80% of the total" during the year 2004. Fernando Colomo ( February 2, 1946, Madrid) is a Spanish Film producer, Screenwriter and Film director. Fernando Trueba ( January 18 1955 in Madrid) is an award-winning Spanish book editor Screenwriter and Film director. Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish Álex de la Iglesia (born December 4, 1965) is a Spanish Basque Film director. Santiago Segura Silva (born July 17, 1965) is a Spanish film Actor, Scriptwriter, producer and director Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago Chile) is a Spanish Film "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
On the other hand, Spanish pornographic cinema has flourished in the city of Barcelona; one of its stars is Nacho Vidal. Pornographic films are Motion pictures with the purpose of promoting sexual arousal in the viewer often featuring depictions of sexual activity Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Nacho Vidal (born Ignacio Jordà González, December 30, 1973, in Mataró, Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish
| Year | Total number of spectators (millions) | Spectators of Spanish cinema (millions) | Percentage | Film | Spectators (millions) | Percentage over the total of Spanish cinema |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 96. 2 | 10. 4 | 10. 8% | Two Much (Fernando Trueba) |
2. Two Much is a 1995 Romantic comedy film directed by Fernando Trueba and starring Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Fernando Trueba ( January 18 1955 in Madrid) is an award-winning Spanish book editor Screenwriter and Film director. 1 | 20. 2% |
| 1997 | 107. 1 | 13. 9 | 14. 9% | Airbag (Juanma Bajo Ulloa) |
2. Juan Manuel Bajo Ulloa (born January 1, 1967) is a Spanish Basque Film director. 1 | 14. 1% |
| 1998 | 119. 8 | 14. 1 | 13. 3% | Torrente, The Stupid Arm of the Law (Santiago Segura) |
3 | 21. Torrente el brazo tonto de la ley is a 1998 Spanish dark comedy written directed and starred by Santiago Segura. Santiago Segura Silva (born July 17, 1965) is a Spanish film Actor, Scriptwriter, producer and director 3% |
| 1999 | 131. 3 | 18. 1 | 16% | All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar) |
2. All About My Mother ( Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 Film written and directed by the Spanish Auteur Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish 5 | 13. 8% |
| 2000 | 135. 3 | 13. 4 | 11% | Commonwealth (Álex de la Iglesia) |
1. La comunidad (UK title Common Wealth) is an awarded 2000 Spanish black Comedy film directed by Álex de la Álex de la Iglesia (born December 4, 1965) is a Spanish Basque Film director. 6 | 11. 9% |
| 2001 | 146. 8 | 26. 2 | 17. 9% | The Others (Alejandro Amenábar) |
6. The Others is a 2001 psychological horror Film by the Spanish / Chilean director Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago Chile) is a Spanish Film 2 | 23. 8% |
| 2002 | 140. 7 | 19. 0 | 13. 5% | The Other Side of the Bed (Emilio Martínez Lázaro) |
2. The Other Side of the Bed aka The Wrong Side of the Bed ( Spanish title El otro lado de la cama) is a 2002 Emilio Martínez-Lázaro (born 1945 is a Spanish Film director famous for such films as The Other Side of the Bed and His Master's 7 | 14. 3% |
| 2003 | 137. 5 | 21. 7 | 15. 8% | Mortadelo & Filemón: The Big Adventure (Javier Fesser) |
5. Javier Fesser ( Madrid, 1964 is a Spanish Film director and Publicist. 0 | 22. 9% |
| 2004 | 143. 9 | 19. 3 | 13. 4% | The Sea Inside (Alejandro Amenábar) |
4. The Sea Inside ( Mar adentro) is a 2004 Film by the Spanish / Chilean director Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago Chile) is a Spanish Film 0 | 20. 7% |
| 2005 | 126. 0 | 21. 0 | 16. 7% | Torrente 3: The Protector (Santiago Segura) |
3. Santiago Segura Silva (born July 17, 1965) is a Spanish film Actor, Scriptwriter, producer and director 6 | 16. 9% |
| 2006 (provisional) | 67,8 | 6,3 | 9,3% | Volver (Pedro Almodóvar) |
1,8 | 28. Volver ( Spanish: "to return" (specifically to return to a place bolˈβ̞eɾ is a 2006 Spanish film by director Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish 6% |
In 1987, a year after the founding of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, the Goya Awards were created to recognize excellence in many aspects of Spanish motion picture making such as acting, directing and screenwriting. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España ( Spanish for 'Spanish Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences' AACCE is a Spanish professional The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain 's main national Film awards considered the Spanish equivalent to the American The first ceremony took place on March 16, 1987 at the Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid. The ceremony continues to take place annually around the end of January, and awards are given to films produced during the previous year. The award itself is a small bronze bust of Francisco de Goya created by the sculptor José Luis Fernández.
English language Spanish films
Spanish newspaper El Mundo recently took notice of a phenomenon little-known to general audienes when it wrote: "A new style of producing has been created in our country. world-class stars, English-language shoots and big budgets. Production companies like KanZaman are currently involved in various ambitious projects that import the ways and customs of Hollywood to our industry. " English language Spanish films produced by Spanish companies include The Machinist (starring Christian Bale), The Others (starring Nicole Kidman), Basic Instinct 2 (KanZaman, Spain) (starring Sharon Stone), and Milos Forman’s Goya's Ghosts (Xuxa Produciones, Spain) (starring Javier Bardem and Natalie Portman), Two Much (starring Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith). The Machinist (also known as El Maquinista) is an English-language Spanish Psychological thriller film directed by Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974 is a British Basic Instinct 2, also known as Basic Instinct 2 Risk Addiction, is a 2006 Film, being the long awaited sequel to 1992's Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American Golden Globe - and Emmy -winning Actress, producer, and former Jan Tomáš Forman (ˈjan ˈtomaːʃ ˈforman born February 18, 1932) better known as Miloš Forman (ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman is a Czech-American Goya's Ghosts is a 2006 Spanish Film directed by Miloš Forman ( Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969 is an Academy Award -winning and critically acclaimed Spanish Actor who has starred in over two dozen Natalie Portman (נטלי פורטמן born Natalie Hershlag June 9 1981 is an Israeli American Actress. Two Much is a 1995 Romantic comedy film directed by Fernando Trueba and starring Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960) better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film Actor and Singer Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an Academy Award nominated Golden Globe winning American Film actress
KanZaman (Spain) and Recorded Picture Company (UK) co-produced Sexy Beast (starring Ben Kingsley) in 1999. Sexy Beast is a 2000 British film directed by Jonathan Glazer, starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born 31 December, 1943) is an English Actor. Other films co-produced by KanZaman include: The Reckoning (starring Paul Bettany and Willem Dafoe); The Bridge of San Luis Rey, based on the Pulitzer prize winning Thornton Wilder novel of the same name and starring Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates and Pilar Lopez de Ayala; Mike Barker’s A Good Woman (starring Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson), and Sahara (starring Matthew McConaughey and Penélope Cruz). The Reckoning is a 2003 Murder - mystery film set during the Medieval period Paul Bettany (born May 27, 1971) is a BAFTA - and Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated English Actor, who has starred as William J "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder 's second novel first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Thornton Niven Wilder ( April 17, 1897 &ndash December 7, 1975) was an American Playwright and Novelist. Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer Harvey Keitel (born 13 May 1939 is an Academy Award -nominated American actor Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an Academy Award two-time Golden Globe and two-time Screen Actors Guild Pilar López de Ayala y Arroyo (born September 18, 1978 in Madrid) is a Spanish film actress This article is about the writer and producer of Family Guy For the British film director see Mike Barker (film director Mike Barker (born in Los Angeles California Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American Emmy - Golden Globe - and Academy Award -winning actress Scarlett I Johansson (born November 22 1984 is an actress and Singer, of dual American and Danish citizenship Sahara is a 2005 action / Adventure Film, directed by Breck Eisner, based on the best-selling book of the same name Matthew David McConaughey (məˈkɑnəˌheɪ born November 4 1969 is an American Actor. Penélope Cruz Sánchez (pe̞ˈne̞ˑlo̞pe̞ ˈkɾuθ̟ ˈs̺änʲʨe̞θ̟ born April 28 1974 better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress In 2004, KanZaman established Reino del Cielo s. l. through which it co-produced Ridley Scott’s epic Kingdom of Heaven (starring Orlando Bloom and Liam Neeson), making it the biggest production in the history of Spanish cinema. Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear) is a British Academy Award Nominated and Golden Globe Emmy Award and BAFTA Award winning Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English Actor. William John "Liam" Neeson OBE (born June 7, 1952) is an Irish Actor.
Spanish films
See also
External links
- Ministry of Culture of Spain, Cinema Web
- Site specialized in Spanish Cinema (Spanish)
- Filmax Producciones Spanish company dedicated to creation, production, post-production, distribution and exhibition movies
- KanZaman Spanish audiovisual production company responsible for high-profile English-language films
- El Deseo Producciones Film production company owned by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar
- european-films.net Reviews, trailers, interviews, news and previews of recent and upcoming European films (in English)
- Official website of Viva Pedro series celebrating the film's of Pedro Almodovar
- Happyprojects Spanish association dedicated to create alternative and independent films without money. A list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Spain, ordered by year and decade of release on separate pages World cinema is a term used primarily in English language speaking countries to refer to the Films and film industries of non-English speaking countries Filmmaking is the process of making a Film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting shooting editing and finally distribution to an audience Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish
- Spain Film Review Site with summaries, analysis and reviews of Spanish films, as well as cultural context.
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