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