Everything about Carlos Saura totally explained
Carlos Saura (born
4 January 1932,
Atarés,
Huesca) is a
Spanish film director.
Early life
Born into a family of artists (his mother was a pianist and his brother,
Antonio Saura, a painter), he developed his artistic sense in childhood by doing photography. He obtained his directing diploma in
Madrid in
1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies, where he also taught until
1963.
Career
In 1957-1958, he created his first film (Cuenca). In
1965, his style, both lyrical and documentary, centred on the problems of the poor, received the recognition of the international community at the
Berlin Film Festival, where he received the Silver Bear for his film
La caza. In
1967, his film
Peppermint Frappé also received a prize at Berlin.
The movies
La prima Angélica (
Cousin Angélica) of
1973 and
Cría cuervos (
Raising Ravens [fromthe spanish phrase: cria cuervos y te sacaran los ojos (raise ravens and that'll peck out your eyes)]) of 1975 received the
special prize of the jury at the
Cannes Film Festival. His movie "Mama cumple 100 años" (
Mom is celebrating her 100 years) was nominated at the Oscar, for the best foreign film in
1979.
In
1990, he received the
Goya Award for the best director and best script for
¡Ay, Carmela!. He was chosen as director for the official film of the
1992 Olympic Games of Barcelona, "Marathon" (
1993).
In
2008, Carlos Saura was honoured with Global Life Time Achievement Award at the 10 Mumbai International Film Festival organized by the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI)
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Personal Life
Carlos Saura was married twice, in
Barcelona in
1957 to Adela Medrano, and on
December 27,
1982 to Mercedes Pérez. By his first marriage he'd two sons, Carlos (b.
1958) and Antonio (b.
1960). By his second marriage he'd three sons, Manuel (b.
1980), Adrián (b.
1984) and Diego (b.
1987). Between marriages he'd at least one known son, Shane (b.
1974) by actress
Geraldine Chaplin, though his at times cavalier attitude towards sex leads some to believe there may have been more. After his second marriage he was the father of a daughter named Ana (b.
December 1994) by Eulalia Ramón.
Saura considers that his film on surrealist master Luis Bunuel is his best cinematic work. In an interview to an online film magazine DearCinema
(External Link)he says about “Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (Bunuel and the table of king Solomon -2001)” “That’s the greatest film I’ve ever made. I like the film but nobody else seems to like it. I’m sure Bunuel would have loved this film. But perhaps only he'd have loved it. Everything you see in the film is actually based on conversations I'd with him.”
Filmography
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