Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
119
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-01-20 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Madrid, España
Also Known As
José Luis García Muñoz
José Luis Garci
Biography
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.
