Jorge Semprún

Biography

Jorge Semprún Maura was a Spanish writer and politician. From 1953 to 1962, during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, Semprún lived clandestinely in Spain working as an organizer for the exiled Communist Party of Spain, but was expelled from the party in 1964. After Franco's death and the change to a democratic government, he was Spain's Minister of Culture from 1988 to 1991. He was screenwriter for two successive films by Greek director Costa-Gavras. In 1996 he became the first non-French author to be elected a member of the Académie Goncourt, which awards an annual literary prize.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The War Is Over (1966) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2. A Grin Without a Cat (1977) — Narrator (voice)
3. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
4. You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London (1971) — Self - Interviewee
5. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
6. Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (2023) — Self - Writer (archive footage)
7. Les Deux mémoires (1974) — Self
8. Valérian, histoire d'une création (2017) — Self (archive footage)
9. The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún (2023) — Self (archive footage)
10. Che: muerte de la utopia? (1999)
11. Rush - Voyage à Moscou (1990) — Self
12. Lo + plus (1995) — Self
13. Literatur im Foyer (2000) — himself
14. Meticulous and Desperate (1989) — himself
15. Ciné regards (1978) — Self

Directed

1. Les Deux mémoires (1974) — Director