Carlos Saura
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Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career that spanned over half a century, and his films won many international awards.
Saura began his career in 1955 making documentary shorts. He gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at
By the 1970s, Saura was the best known filmmaker working in Spain. His films employed complex narrative devices and were frequently controversial. He won Special Jury Awards for
In the 1980s, Saura was in the spotlight for his
Early life
Saura was born in Huesca, Aragon on 4 January 1932. His father, Antonio Saura Pacheco, who came from Murcia, was an attorney and civil servant. His mother, Fermina Atarés Torrente, was a concert pianist. The second of their four children, Carlos had an older brother, Antonio Saura, and two younger sisters, María del Pilar and María de los Ángeles. Antonio became a well-known abstract expressionist painter. From their parents, the four siblings received a liberal understanding education. Because his father worked for the Ministry of the Interior, the Saura family moved to Barcelona, Valencia, and, in 1953, to Madrid. Saura's childhood was marked by the Spanish Civil War, during which the Nationalists fought against the Republicans.
Saura had vivid recollection of his childhood during the war. He later evoked some of them in his films – the games he played, and the songs he sang, as well as darker memories of bombings and hunger, blood and death. He was taught to read by a priest, a relative whom his parents sheltered from
Career
During 1957–1958, Saura created Cuenca, his first film. In 1962, his film Los Golfos was recognized for its strong sociological impact in helping Spanish youth by tackling the issue of juvenile delinquency in Madrid's poorest districts. Four years later (1966), he was honored at the
The films
Saura become known for movies featuring flamenco and other traditional dances. His
His 1989 film La noche oscura was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.[7]
Saura considered his film on
In 1990, he received the
In 2008, Carlos Saura was honoured with a Global Life Time Achievement Award at the 10th Mumbai International Film Festival, organized by the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.[9]
In 2013, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala.[10]
Personal life and death
Carlos Saura was married three times. He first married Adela Medrano.[11] They had two sons, Carlos and Antonio.[11] In 1982, he married Mercedes Pérez, with whom he had three sons, Manuel, Adrián, and Diego.[11] Between those two marriages, Saura had a son Shane with actress Geraldine Chaplin.[12] He was the father of a daughter named Anna from his third marriage to actress Eulàlia Ramon ,[11][13] whom he began a relationship in the wake of the shooting of Outrage.[14] They married in 2006.[14] His daughter Anna was his agent (as well as right hand and producer of his films) in his late years.[15][16]
He was an avid photographer and had a collection of over 600 cameras.[1] His photographs were exhibited several times.[1] He began to take photographs having reached the age of eight years, and later built his own camera by himself and became the photographer of the Granada Film Festival.[17]
Saura was a close friend of fellow Aragonese filmmaker Luis Buñuel. They met at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.[18]
Saura lived in Collado Mediano since the early 1980s.[19]
Saura died of respiratory failure in his residence of Collado Mediano on 10 February 2023 at the age of 91.[20][21][22] He was due to receive the life-achievement Goya honorary award the following day during the 37th Goya Awards.[23]
Filmography
Films
Feature films
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1960 | Los golfos | Yes | Yes | |
1963 | Llanto por un bandido | Yes | Yes | |
1965 | Muere una Mujer | No | Yes | |
1966 | La caza | Yes | Yes | also uncredited co-producer |
1967 | Peppermint Frappé | Yes | Yes | |
1968 | Stres-es tres-tres | Yes | Yes | |
1969 | La madriguera | Yes | Yes | |
1970 | El jardín de las delicias | Yes | Yes | |
1973 | Ana y los lobos | Yes | Yes | |
1974 | La prima Angélica | Yes | Yes | |
1976 | Cría cuervos
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Yes | Yes | |
1977 | Elisa, vida mía | Yes | Yes | |
1978 | Los ojos vendados
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Yes | Yes | |
1979 | Mamá cumple cien años | Yes | Yes | |
1981 | Deprisa, Deprisa
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Yes | Yes | |
Bodas de sangre
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Yes | Yes | ||
1982 | Dulces horas
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Yes | Yes | |
Antonieta | Yes | Yes | ||
1983 | Carmen | Yes | Yes | also producer |
1984 | Los zancos | Yes | Yes | |
1986 | El amor brujo
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Yes | Yes | |
1988 | El Dorado | Yes | Yes | |
1989 | La noche oscura | Yes | Yes | |
1990 | ¡Ay, Carmela!
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Yes | Yes | |
Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur (TV) | Yes | Yes | ||
1993 | ¡Dispara! | Yes | Yes | |
1997 | Taxi
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Yes | No | |
Pajarico | Yes | Yes | ||
1998 | Tango | Yes | Yes | |
1999 | Goya en Burdeos | Yes | Yes | |
2001 | Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón | Yes | Yes | |
2002 | Salomé | Yes | Yes | |
2004 | El séptimo día
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Yes | No | |
2009 | I, Don Giovanni | Yes | Yes | |
2021 | El rey de todo el mundo | Yes | Yes |
Short films
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1957 | La tarde del domingo | Yes | Yes | |
1991 | Oragina Commercial | Yes | No | advertising short made for the experimental compilation film The King of Ads |
2021 | Goya: 3 de Mayo | Yes | Yes |
Documentaries
Feature films
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1992 | Sevillanas | Yes | Yes | |
1993 | Marathon | Yes | Yes | |
1995 | Flamenco | Yes | Yes | |
2005 | Iberia | Yes | Yes | also production designer |
2007 | Fados | Yes | Yes | |
2010 | Flamenco, Flamenco | Yes | Yes | |
2015 | Zonda, folclore argentino | Yes | Yes | |
2016 | Jota de Saura | Yes | Yes | also art director |
2018 | Renzo Piano, an Architect for Santander | Yes | Yes | |
2022 | Las paredes hablan | Yes | Yes | also actor |
Short films
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1955 | Flamenco | Yes | Yes | also producer and cinematographer |
1956 | El pequeño río Manzanares | Yes | Yes | |
1958 | Cuenca | Yes | Yes | |
2008 | Sinfonía de Aragón | Yes | No | |
2021 | Rosa Rosae: La Guerra Civil | Yes | Yes | also editor and artwork |
Selected awards and nominations
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Academy Awards
- 1980 - Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Mamá cumple 100 años
- 1984 - Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Carmen
- 1999 - Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Tango
BAFTA Award
- 1983 - Won: BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film- Carmen
Berlin Film Festival
- 1964 - Nominated: Golden Berlin Bear - Llanto por un bandido
- 1966 - Won: Silver Bear for Best Director at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival for his film La caza
- 1966 - Nominated: Golden Berlin Bear - La caza
- 1968 - Won: Silver Bear for Best Director at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival for his film Peppermint Frappé
- 1968 - Nominated: Golden Berlin Bear - Peppermint Frappé
- 1969 - Nominated: Golden Berlin Bear - La madriguera
- 1981 - Won: Golden Bear at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival for his film Deprisa, deprisa
- 1989 - Nominated: Golden Berlin Bear - La noche oscura
Camerimage
- 1998 - Won: Special Award (Film Direction with a Special Visual Sensitivity)
- 2009 - Won: Cinematographer-Director Duo Award (shared with Vittorio Storaro)
Cannes Film Festival
- 1960 - Nominated: Golden Palm - Los golfos
- 1973 - Nominated: Golden Palm - Ana y los lobos
- 1974 - Won: Jury Prize at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival for his film La prima Angélica
- 1974 - Nominated: Golden Palm - La prima Angélica
- 1976 - Won: Grand Prix of the Jury at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for his film Cría cuervos...
- 1976 - Nominated: Golden Palm - Cría cuervos...
- 1977 - Nominated: Golden Palm - Elisa, vida mía
- 1978 - Nominated: Golden Palm - Los ojos vendados
- 1983 - Won: Technical Grand Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival for his film Carmen
- 1983 - Won: Award for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival for his film Carmen
- 1983 - Nominated: Golden Palm - Carmen
- 1988 - Nominated: Golden Palm - El Dorado
European Film Awards
- 2004 - Won': Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2008 - Nominated: Best Documentary Award - Fados
Golden Globe Awards
- 1978 - Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Cría cuervos...
- 1984 - Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Carmen
- 1999 - Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Tango
Goya Awards
- 1991 - Won: Goya Award for Best Director - ¡Ay, Carmela!
- 1991 - Won: Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with Rafael Azcona) - ¡Ay, Carmela!
- 2005 - Nominated: Best Director - El 7º día
- 2006 - Nominated: Best Documentary - Iberia
- 2008 - Nominated: Best Documentary - Fados
- 2022 - Won: Honorary Goya Award
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- 1982 - Won: Special Prize of the Jury - Bodas de sangre
- 2000 - Won: Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema
Montréal World Film Festival
- 1983 - Won: Most Popular Film of the Festival - Carmen
- 1986 - Won: Prix Special du Festival for his trilogy (Bodas de sangre, Carmen, El amor brujo), on the occasion of the presentation of El amor brujo
- 1995 - Won: Grand Prix Special des Amériques ("On the occasion of the centennial of cinema, for his exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art")
- 1997 - Won: Best Director - Pajarico
- 1997 - Nominated: Grand Prix des Amériques - Pajarico
- 1999 - Won: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Goya en Burdeos
- 1999 - Won: Best Artistic Contribution - Goya en Burdeos
- 1999 - Nominated: Grand Prix des Amériques - Goya en Burdeos
- 2002 - Won: Best Artistic Contribution - Salomé
- 2002 - Nominated: Grand Prix des Amériques - Salomé
- 2004 - Won: Best Director - El 7º día
- 2004 - Nominated: Grand Prix des Amériques - El 7º día
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 1958 - Won: Special Mention - Cuenca
- 1979 - Won: Special Prize of the Jury - Mamá cumple cien años
- 1996 - Nominated: Golden Seashell - Taxi
- 2001 - Nominated: Golden Seashell - Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón
Venice Film Festival
- 1968 - Nominated: Golden Lion - Stress-es tres-tres
- 1984 - Nominated: Golden Lion - Los zancos
- 1993 - Nominated: Golden Lion - ¡Dispara!
Other awards and honours
- 1977 - Won: Prix Léon Moussinac - Best Foreign Film at the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics for his film Cría cuervos...
- 1984 - Won: Best European Film at the 1984 Bodil Awards for his film Carmen
- 1985 - Won: Guild Film Award - Silver: Foreign Film at the Guild of German Art House Cinemas for his film Carmen
- 1991 - Won: ADIRCAE Award - Best Director for his film ¡Ay, Carmela!
- 1999 - Won: Jules Verne Award at the Nantes Spanish Film Festival for his film Pajarico
- 1999 - Won: San Diego Film Critics Society AwardsWon: Lifetime Achievement Award at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
- 2002 - Won: Lifetime Achievement Award at the Istanbul International Film Festival
- 2002 - Won: Special Career Award at the Fantasporto
- 2007 - Won: International Award at the Barcelona Film Awards
- 2008 - Won: International Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bombay International Film Festival
- 2011 - Won: Special Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Fotogramas de Plata
- 2013 - Won: Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala
- 2015 - Won: Premio Feroz de Honor
- 2016 - Won': Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Film Festival of India.[24]
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
- 1970 - Won: CEC Award; Best Director - La madriguera.
- 1977 - Won: CEC Award; Best Director - Cría cuervos...
- 1978 - Won: CEC Award; Best Director - Elisa, vida mía
- 1984 - Won: CEC Award; Best Director - Carmen
- 1967 - Won: Sant Jordi; Best Film - La caza
- 1968 - Won: Sant Jordi; Best Film - Peppermint Frappé
- 1972 - Won: Sant Jordi; Best Film - El jardín de las delicias
- 1975 - Won: Sant Jordi; Best Film - La prima Angélica
- 2000 - Won: Sant Jordi; Best Film - Goya en Burdeos
Notes
- ^ From the Spanish popular saying: Cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos (transl. Raise ravens and they will peck out your eyes.)
References
- ^ ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1966 Prize Winners". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 1966. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1968 Prize Winners". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 1968. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1981 Prize Winners". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 1981. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ^ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". Oscars. 1980. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ Calado, Silvia (May 2005). "Carlos Saura, director of 'Flamenco' Interview: "I struggle to open up new and daring pathways for flamenco"". Flamenco-World.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 1989. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Mishra, Bikas (16 May 2008). "Camera Is My Memory: Carlos Saura". DearCinema.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ NewsDesk (22 February 2008). "Spanish director Carlos Saura to get Lifetime Achievement Award at Mumbai Fest". DearCinema.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "IFFK award for Spanish filmmaker". The Hindu. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d Pérez, Raquel (10 February 2023). "Muere Carlos Saura: maestro del cine, 7 hijos y sus grandes amores". Vanitatis – via El Confidencial.
- ^ Slater, Lydia (12 February 2010). "Oona Chaplin: The Chaplin Kid". Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Carlos Saura y Eulalia Ramón se han casado". Hola! (in Spanish). Hola S.L. 6 April 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Carlos Saura y Eulàlia Ramón, una historia de amor que saltó del cine a la realidad". rtve.es. 10 February 2023.
- ^ "La despedida de un genio". XL Semanal. 11 February 2023 – via La Voz de Galicia.
- ^ Zurro, Javier (10 February 2023). "Muere Carlos Saura, director fundamental en la historia del cine español, a los 91 años". eldiario.es.
- ^ "Carlos Saura - Photography on Círculo de Bellas Artes". www.talentoabordo.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Galán, Diego. "Buñuel y Saura, 1983. Dos aragoneses en el camino". Retrieved 10 February 2023 – via Instituto de Estudios Turolenses.
- ^ Ojeda, Alberto (6 February 2022). "Carlos Saura: "Soy muy pesimista con la humanidad y optimista conmigo mismo"". El Cultural – via El Español.
- ^ "Carlos Saura es nombrado a título póstumo Hijo Adoptivo de Collado Mediano, donde residía". Cadena COPE. 17 February 2023.
- ^ Belinchón, Gregorio (10 February 2023). "Muere Carlos Saura a los 91 años, el último director clásico del cine español". El País. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Muere Carlos Saura, el cineasta de la modernidad y de la memoria". El Mundo. 10 February 2023.
- ^ "IFFI: 2022 Prize Winners". Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award. 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
External links
- Carlos Saura at IMDb
- Official Webpage in Spanish
- Carlos Saura. Film. Biography and works. Spain in culture: official Website of Culture in Spain. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- Paul Julian Smith: Cría cuervos...: The Past Is Not Past. DearCinema.com, 13 August 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- Linda M. Willem (2003). Carlos Saura: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers). University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-494-5.