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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 141,018 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Luis García Berlanga is the 439th most popular film director (up from 464th in 2019), the 746th most popular biography from Spain (up from 768th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Luis García Berlanga ranks 439 out of 1,581Before him are Edward Yang, Jacques Doillon, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Valerio Zurlini, Jafar Panahi, and Robert Rossen. After him are Segundo de Chomón, René Laloux, J. Lee Thompson, Assi Dayan, Tony Gatlif, and Fernando Meirelles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Luis García Berlanga ranks 138Before him are Jaroslav Drobný, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Georges Mathieu, Giovanni Benelli, Alain Mimoun, and Heinz G. Konsalik. After him are Meir Amit, Lionel Terray, Darío Moreno, Angelica Rozeanu, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, and P. V. Narasimha Rao. Among people deceased in 2010, Luis García Berlanga ranks 99Before him are Vladislav Ardzinba, Dick Francis, Alexander Haig, Raimon Panikkar, Fess Parker, and Cécile Aubry. After him are Dimitrios Ioannidis, Vladimir Ilyushin, Andrei Voznesensky, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Eddie Fisher, and Orlando Peçanha.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis García Berlanga ranks 746 out of 2,932Before him are Montserrat Figueras (1942), Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744), Javier Echevarría Rodríguez (1932), Cesc Fàbregas (1987), Xavier Cugat (1900), and Juan del Encina (1468). After him are Segundo de Chomón (1871), Luis de Pablo (1930), García Fernández of Castile (938), Aben Humeya (1520), Álvaro Morte (1975), and Antonio de Ulloa (1716).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, Luis García Berlanga ranks 8Before him are Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Carlos Saura (1932), Jesús Franco (1930), Bigas Luna (1946), Juan Antonio Bardem (1922), and Mario Camus (1935). After him are Segundo de Chomón (1871), Víctor Erice (1940), Néstor Almendros (1930), Vicente Aranda (1926), Isabel Coixet (1960), and Álex de la Iglesia (1965).

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