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Born January 4, 1932........Huesca, Spain............ Spanish director Carlos Saura began a professional still photographer before turning to filmmaking in the early '50s, first as a teacher and then as a director of documentaries. He emerged from relative obscurity onto the world scene in 1966 with The Hunt, a subtly anti-Franco psychological drama that was widely shown and won several European film awards. In more recent years, he has become well known for his operatic film adaptation of Carmen (1983) and El Amor Brujo (1986). Saura has for over two decades been generally acknowledged as Spain's leading director, a position only enhanced with the fall of Franco's regime. .............Son born late 1974 .....Has had long time relationship with actress Geraldine Chaplin

1999..........Goya ....aka Goya In Bordeaux...Carlos Saura, one of the finest and most distinctive filmmakers in the Spanish cinema, wrote and directed this biographical epic concerning one of Spain's greatest artists, the painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.

1998..........Tango......Director Saura and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro have again collaborated on a masterpiece. Through skillful choreography, the camera weaves it's way through a maze of mirrors, lights, projected images and some of the world's best tango artists. The audience becomes a willing dance partner with their breathtaking eye and find themselves swept into their passionate vision......AVAILABLE

1997..........Pajarico ....aka Little Bird
1996..........Taxi

1995..........Flamenco...... This beautifully photographed documentary is Spanish-filmmaker Carlos Saura's tribute to the beauty and diversity of Spain's national dance......AVAILABLE

1993..........Dispara! .....aka Outrage .....AVAILABLE
1992..........Sevillanas.....AVAILABLE
1990..........Ay, Carmela!.....AVAILABLE
1989..........La Noche Oscura ...aka Dark Night of the Soul

1988..........El Dorado........Set In Peru, 1560..Aguirre (Omero Antonutti) leads 300 Spanish soldiers and 300 natives in his search for the legendary land of El Dorado in Peru during the year 1560. The expedition is attacked by hostile jungle tribes before mutiny breaks out among the soldiers. The unit is forced to kill and eat their horses to survive, but the leaders of the expedition are also targeted for assassination. .....AVAILABLE

1986..........El Amor Brujo....aka Love, the Magician.....AVAILABLE
1984..........Los Zancos....aka The Stilts.....AVAILABLE

1983..........Carmen............Carlos Saura’s Carmen is one of the finest achievements in world, let alone Spanish, cinema. Immense importance in the history of performing arts. A classic use of embedded plots. Filmed in Spain by Spaniards, this is a Spanish tale based on a French novel and the French opera which it inspired. Saura's flamenco "Carmen" is an exciting work of art. A modern ensemble of musicians and dancers is rehearsing a flamenco interpretation of the Carmen story. The producer and star dancer is Antonio (Antonio Gades). The setting appears to be suburban Madrid. Antonio has Cristina as his senior dancer (the marvellous Cristina Hoyos. The presence of Paco de Lucia, legendary guitarist and the scion of a great flamenco dynasty, is in itself a certificate of the film's artistic authenticity. Carmen is played by the beautiful Laura del Sol. From book by Merimee, Prosper.....From Opera by Bizet, Georges.....AVAILABLE

1982..........Antonieta
1981..........Deprisa, Deprisa ....aka Hurry, Hurry.....AVAILABLE
1981..........Bodas de Sangre ....aka Blood Wedding.....AVAILABLE
1981..........Dulces Horas.....aka Sweet Hours
1979..........Mama Cumple Cien Años ....aka Mama Turns a Hundred
1978..........Los Ojos Vendados ....aka Blindfolded Eyes
1977..........Elisa, Vida Mia .....aka Elisa, My Life
1975..........Cria Cuervos ....aka Raise Ravens
1973..........La Prima Angelica ....aka Cousin Angelica
1972..........Ana Y Los Lobos....aka Anna And The Wolves
1970..........El Jardin de las Delicias ....aka The Garden of Delights.....AVAILABLE
1969..........La Madriguera....aka The Honeycomb
1967..........Peppermint Frappe .....AVAILABLE
1967..........Stress Es Tres... Tres .......aka Stress Is Three, Three
1965..........La Caza .....aka The Chase
1964..........Llanto Por un Bandido .....aka Weeping for a Bandit
1962..........Los Golfos
1958..........Cuenca
1957..........La Tarde del domingo
1956..........ElPequeño río Manzanares

Production team:Rafael Azcona (Screenwriter), Rafael Palmero (Set Designer), Elias Querejeta (Producer), Emiliano Piedra (Producer), Teo Escamilla (Cinematographer), Luis Cuadrado (Cinematographer), Luis de Pablo (Composer (Music Score)), Paco de Lucia (Composer (Music Score)), Pablo Gonzalez del Amo (Editor), Pedro del Rey (Editor), Angelino Fons (Director) Actors:Geraldine Chaplin, Antonio Gades, Juan Antonio Jimenez, José Luis Lopez Vasquez, Laura del Sol, Christina Hoyos, Antonio Gades, Charo Soriano, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Norman Brisky, Norman Briski, Jose Vivo

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