About
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...
Known for
Cria!Movie • 1976
Ay, Carmela!Movie • 1990
Flamenco FlamencoMovie • 2010
Faster, FasterMovie • 1981
Anna and the WolvesMovie • 1973
TangoMovie • 1998
Goya in BordeauxMovie • 1999
OutrageMovie • 1993
CarmenMovie • 1983
The 7th DayMovie • 2004
Peppermint FrappéMovie • 1967
The Garden of DelightsMovie • 1970
The HuntMovie • 1966
Little BirdMovie • 1997
El DoradoMovie • 1988
Blood WeddingMovie • 1981
Mama Turns 100Movie • 1979
El amor brujoMovie • 1986
Cousin AngelicaMovie • 1974
TaxiMovie • 1996
Elisa, My LifeMovie • 1977
The Little ApartmentMovie • 1959