FILM DIRECTOR

Luis García Berlanga

1921 - 2010

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Luis García-Berlanga Martí MMT (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture under the Francoist dictatorship. These include Welcome Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis García Berlanga has received more than 150,338 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Luis García Berlanga is the 519th most popular film director (down from 438th in 2019), the 875th most popular biography from Spain (down from 746th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Spanish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Luis García Berlanga ranks 519 out of 2,041. Before him are Clarence Brown, Fernando Solanas, Boris Barnet, Mike Leigh, Néstor Almendros, and James Wong. After him are Claude Autant-Lara, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Peter Yates, Seijun Suzuki, Tom Tykwer, and Benoît Jacquot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Luis García Berlanga ranks 162. Before him are Kocheril R. Narayanan, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Lionel Terray, Jair da Rosa Pinto, Ilse Aichinger, and Heinz G. Konsalik. After him are Dinko Šakić, Georges Mathieu, Andrzej Munk, Gaston Reiff, Alex Haley, and Daniel Gélin. Among people deceased in 2010, Luis García Berlanga ranks 123. Before him are Dick Francis, Jean Ferrat, Claude Lefort, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Rue McClanahan, and Anatoly Dobrynin. After him are Adriaan Blaauw, Raymond Franz, Tom Bosley, John Leslie, Alain Corneau, and Anna Walentynowicz.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis García Berlanga ranks 875 out of 3,355. Before him are Infante Gonzalo of Spain (1914), Marisol (1948), Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York (1355), Francisco Bru (1885), Néstor Almendros (1930), and Antonio María Rouco Varela (1936). After him are Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), Roberto Martínez (1973), Xavier Cugat (1900), Luis Arconada (1954), and Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi (1220).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, Luis García Berlanga ranks 10. Before him are Jesús Franco (1930), Víctor Erice (1940), Bigas Luna (1946), Juan Antonio Bardem (1922), Vicente Aranda (1926), and Néstor Almendros (1930). After him are Segundo de Chomón (1871), Fernando Trueba (1955), Isabel Coixet (1960), Julio Medem (1958), J. A. Bayona (1975), and Álex de la Iglesia (1965).

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Filmography

The Executioner
Director
An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
Aug 31o 19637.6 / 10
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Director
A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.
Apr 4o 19537.394 / 10
Placido
Director
In a small Spanish town, during the Christmas holidays, a group of rich old ladies organize a peculiar event that consists of inviting a homeless person to sit down to dinner at their wealthy table. Plácido, a humble worker, is hired by the organizers to participate in a parade with his three-wheeled vehicle, a seemingly simple mission that will not be easy for him to accomplish.
Jun 27o 19627.6 / 10