Rafael Azcona
Spanish screenwriter
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| Born | Rafael Azcona Fernández 24 October 1926 Logroño (La Rioja), Spain |
| Died | 24 March 2008(2008-03-24) (aged 81) Madrid, Spain |
Rafael Azcona Fernández (24 October 1926 – 24 March 2008) was an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and novelist who worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers. Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career, including a lifetime achievement award in 1998.[1]
He was born in the northern Spanish city Logroño on 24 October 1926.[1] Azcona initially began his career writing for humor magazines.[1] He became known as a screenwriter when he penned the screenplay for the film, El Pisito (The Little Apartment), which was based on his own novel.[1] The 1959 film was directed by Italian film director, Marco Ferreri.[1]
Azcona teamed up with director Fernando Trueba in “Belle Époque,” which won an Academy Award for best foreign film in 1994.[1] He collaborated with other Spanish directors including Luis Garcia Berlanga, Jose Luis Cuerda, José Luis García Sánchez, Pedro Olea, and Carlos Saura.[1] Azcona was also awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 1994.[1]
Rafael Azcona died at his home in Madrid, Spain, on 24 March 2008, at the age of 81.[1]
Selected filmography as screenwriter
- 1959 : El pisito
- 1959 : Se vende un tranvía
- 1960 : El cochecito
- 1961 : Plácido
- 1961 : El secreto de los hombres azules
- 1962 : Mafioso
- 1962 : Les Quatre vérités
- 1963 : La Donna scimmia
- 1963 : The Conjugal Bed (L'Ape regina)
- 1963 : El Verdugo
- 1964 : The Ape Woman
- 1964 : Un rincón para querernos
- 1964 : Controsesso
- 1965 : L'Uomo dei cinque palloni
- 1965 : Oggi, domani, dopodomani
- 1965 : Marcia nuziale
- 1965 : Una Moglie americana
- 1966 : L'estate
- 1967 : Tuset Street
- 1967 : Peppermint Frappé
- 1967 : Las Pirañas
- 1969 : La Madriguera
- 1970 : ¡Vivan los novios!
- 1970 : Las secretas intencions
- 1970 : El Monumento
- 1970 : El jardín de las delicias
- 1971 : L'udienza
- 1971 : El Ojo del huracán
- 1971 : Un omicidio perfetto a termine di legge
- 1972 : La Cera virgen
- 1972 : Si può fare... amigo
- 1972 : A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
- 1973 : Tarot
- 1973 : Ana y los lobos
- 1974 : The Marriage Revolution
- 1974 : Touche pas à la femme blanche, (Don't Touch The White Woman!)
- 1974 : Permettete, signora, che ami vostra figlia
- 1974 : La prima Angélica
- 1974 : Grandeur nature
- 1975 : El Poder del deseo
- 1975 : Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego!
- 1976 : El Anacoreta
- 1976 : La Dernière femme
- 1977 : Mi hija Hildegart
- 1978 : Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño
- 1978 : Ciao maschio
- 1978 : La escopeta nacional
- 1979 : La miel
- 1979 : La familia, bien, gracias
- 1981 : Patrimonio nacional
- 1981 : 127 millones libres de impuestos
- 1982 : Bésame, tonta
- 1982 : Nacional III
- 1983 : Don Chisciotte (TV)
- 1983 : Los desastres de la guerra (TV)
- 1985 : La vaquilla
- 1985 : La corte de Faraón
- 1986 : Hay que deshacer la casa
- 1986 : El año de las luces
- 1987 : El bosque animado
- 1987 : El pecador impecable
- 1987 : Moros y cristianos
- 1988 : Come sono buoni i bianchi
- 1988 : Pasodoble
- 1988 : Soldadito español
- 1989 : El vuelo de la paloma
- 1989 : Blood and Sand (1989 film)
- 1990 : La Mujer de tu vida: La mujer infiel (TV)
- 1990 : Ay Carmela
- 1992 : Chechu y familia
- 1992 : Belle Époque
- 1993 : Tirano Banderas
- 1994 : La Mujer de tu vida 2: La mujer cualquiera (TV)
- 1995 : Suspiros de España
- 1995 : El Rey del río
- 1995 : El Seductor
- 1996 : Gran Slalom
- 1997 : Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
- 1997 : En brazos de la mujer madura
- 1997 : Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
- 1998 : Una pareja perfecta
- 1998 : La niña de tus ojos
- 1999 : La lengua de las mariposas
- 2000 : Adiós con el corazón
- 2001 : El paraíso ya no es lo que era
- 2001 : Son de mar
- 2002 : La marcha verde
- 2004 : Franky Banderas
- 2004 : María querida
- 2008 : Los girasoles ciegos
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Rafael Azcona, Spanish Writer, Dies at 81". New York Times. Associated Press. 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
External links
- Rafael Azcona at IMDb
- The Telegraph: Rafael Azcona: 'Belle Epoque' screenwriter
- The Times: Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter who won an Oscar for Belle Epoque
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- 1986: Fernando Fernán Gómez[1]
- 1987: Rafael Azcona[1]
- 1988: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and Antonio Giménez-Rico
- 1989: Fernando Trueba, Manuel Matji, and Menno Meyjes
- 1990: Carlos Saura and Rafael Azcona
- 1991: Juan Potau and Gonzalo Torrente Malvido
- 1992: Francisco Prada, Antonio Larreta, Pedro Olea, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- 1993: José Luis García Sánchez and Rafael Azcona
- 1994: Imanol Uribe
- 1995: Montxo Armendáriz and José Ángel Mañas
- 1996: Pilar Miró and Rafael Pérez Sierra
- 1997: Bigas Luna and Cuca Canals
- 1998: Luis Marías
- 1999: Rafael Azcona, Manuel Rivas, and José Luis Cuerda
- 2000: Fernando Fernán Gómez
- 2001: Jorge Juan Martínez, Juan Carlos Molinero, Clara Pérez Escrivá, and Lola Salvador Maldonado
- 2002: Adolfo Aristarain and Kathy Saavedra
- 2003: Isabel Coixet
- 2004: José Rivera
- 2005: Marcelo Piñeyro and Mateo Gil
- 2006: Lluís Arcarazo
- 2007: Félix Viscarret
- 2008: Rafael Azcona and José Luis Cuerda
- 2009: Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón
- 2010: Agustí Villaronga
- 2011: Ángel de la Cruz, Ignacio Ferreras, Paco Roca, and Rosanna Cecchini
- 2012: Javier Barreira, Gorka Magallón, Ignacio del Moral, Jordi Gasull, and Neil Landau
- 2013: Alejandro Hernández and Mariano Barroso
- 2014: Javier Fesser, Claro García, and Cristóbal Ruiz
- 2015: Fernando León de Aranoa
- 2016: Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos
- 2017: Isabel Coixet
- 2018: Álvaro Brechner
- 2019: Benito Zambrano, Daniel Remón, and Pablo Remón
- 2020: David Pérez Sañudo and Marina Parés Pulido
- 2021: Daniel Monzón and Jorge Guerricaechevarría
- 2022: Fran Araújo, Isa Campo, and Isaki Lacuesta
- 2023: Pablo Berger
[1] Awarded as Best Screenplay (including both original and adapted)
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