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.

KNOWN FOR

¡Qué grande es el cine!
1995
Historias del otro lado
1988
Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days
2012
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
2006
Alfonso Sánchez
1980
Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
2025
Murder in a Blue World
1973
The Night of the Sunflowers
2006
Un uomo perbene
1999
Double Feature
1984
Los nuevos españoles
1974
El crack
1981

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
14
Directing
27
Writing
47
Producing
23
Editing
6
Crew
3
2025
Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring
as Self
2025
Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
as Self
2024
Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood
2024
Summers el rebelde
2020
Olea… ¡Más alto!
as Self - Filmmaker
2014
Operación Palace
as Himself
2011
Enrique Herreros
as Self - Filmmaker
2006
The Night of the Sunflowers
as Himself - Radio Host (voice) (uncredited)
1995
¡Qué grande es el cine!
as Self - Host
1994
Cradle Song
as (uncredited)
1983
El crack dos
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1980
Viva la clase media
as Antonio 'Vladimiro' Flanagan
1976
La noche de los cien pájaros
1974
Vida conyugal sana
as Oficinista (uncredited)