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.

Directed

1. El crack (1981) — Director
2. The Grandfather (1998) — Director
3. The Crack: Inception (2019) — Director
4. Begin the Beguine (1982) — Director
5. El crack dos (1983) — Director
6. Ninette (2005) — Director
7. Asignatura pendiente (1977) — Director
8. Merry-Go-Round c. 1950 (2004) — Director
9. You're the One (2000) — Director
10. Las verdes praderas (1979) — Director
11. Alone in the Small Hours (1978) — Director
12. Double Feature (1984) — Director
13. Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days (2012) — Director
14. Sunday Light (2007) — Director
15. Historia de un beso (2002) — Director
16. Cradle Song (1994) — Director
17. Course Completed (1987) — Director
18. Alfonso Sánchez (1980) — Director
19. Mi Marilyn (1975) — Director
20. ¡Al fútbol! (1975) — Director
21. La herida luminosa (1997) — Director
22. Blood of May (2008) — Director
23. Casablanca revisitada (1992) — Director
24. Tiempo de gente acobardada (1976) — Director
25. Historias del otro lado (1988) — Director
26. ¡Qué grande es el cine! (1995) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Night of the Sunflowers (2006) — Himself - Radio Host (voice) (uncredited)
2. El crack dos (1983) — Minor Role (uncredited)
3. Cradle Song (1994) — (uncredited)
4. Viva la clase media (1980) — Antonio 'Vladimiro' Flanagan
5. La noche de los cien pájaros (1976)
6. Operación Palace (2014) — Himself
7. Vida conyugal sana (1974) — Oficinista (uncredited)
8. Enrique Herreros (2011) — Self - Filmmaker
9. Summers el rebelde (2024)
10. Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood (2024)
11. Olea… ¡Más alto! (2020) — Self - Filmmaker
12. Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring (2025) — Self
13. Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict (2025) — Self
14. ¡Qué grande es el cine! (1995) — Self - Host