Rafael Azcona

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rafael Azcona Fernández (24 October 1926 – 24 March 2008) was an awarded Spanish screenwriter and novelist who has worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers. Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career, including a lifetime achievement award in 1998. He was born in the northern Spanish city Logroño on 24 October 1926. Azcona initially began his career writing for humor magazines. He became known as a screenwriter when he penned the screenplay for the film, El Pisito (The Little Apartment), which was based on his own novel. The 1959 film was directed by Italian film director, Marco Ferreri. Azcona teamed up with director Fernando Trueba in “Belle Époque,” which won an Academy Award for best foreign film in 1994. He collaborated with other Spanish directors including Luis Garcia Berlanga, Jose Luis Cuerda, Jose Luis Garcia...

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Madrid, 1987Movie • 2012Belle ÉpoqueMovie • 1992La Grande BouffeMovie • 1973Ay, Carmela!Movie • 1990A Reason to Live, a Reason to DieMovie • 1972MafiosoMovie • 1962The Last WomanMovie • 1976The Queen of SpainMovie • 2016Year of EnlightmentMovie • 1986The Girl of Your DreamsMovie • 1998The Court of the PharaohMovie • 1985The ExecutionerMovie • 1963Kiss the Other SheikMovie • 1965It Can Be Done AmigoMovie • 1972Sound of the SeaMovie • 2001ButterflyMovie • 1999Don't Touch the White Woman!Movie • 1974Anna and the WolvesMovie • 1973The Conjugal BedMovie • 1963PlacidoMovie • 1962The Garden of DelightsMovie • 1970The Ape WomanMovie • 1964Blood and SandMovie • 1989Bye Bye MonkeyMovie • 1978