Rafael Azcona
- Writing
- October 24, 1926 · Logroño, La Rioja, España
- March 23, 2008
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rafael Azcona Fernández (24 October 1926 – 24 March 2008) was an awarded Spanish screenwriter and novelist who has worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers. Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career, including a lifetime achievement award in 1998. He was born in the northern Spanish city Logroño on 24 October 1926. Azcona initially began his career writing for humor magazines. He became known as a screenwriter when he penned the screenplay for the film, El Pisito (The Little Apartment), which was based on his own novel. The 1959 film was directed by Italian film director, Marco Ferreri. Azcona teamed up with director Fernando Trueba in “Belle Époque,” which won an Academy Award for best foreign film in 1994. He collaborated with other Spanish directors including Luis Garcia Berlanga, Jose Luis Cuerda, Jose Luis Garcia Sanchez, Pedro Olea, and Carlos Saura. Azcona was also awarded the Spanish Fine Arts Gold Medal in 1994. Rafael Azcona died at his home in Madrid, Spain, on 24 March 2008, at the age of 81.
Known for
Filmography
- José Luis López Vázquez. ¡Qué disparate!
- The Europeans · Novel
- The Queen of Spain · Characters
- Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí · Self
- De los reptiles-saurios en los cafés · Short Story
- Madrid, 1987 · Dialogue
- The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner · Interviewee
- La guerra del cerdo · Writer
- Los muertos no se tocan, nene · Novel
- Rafael Azcona · Self
- Martes de Carnaval · Screenplay
- L'ultimo Pulcinella · Writer
- The Blind Sunflowers · Writer, In Memory Of
- Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future · Self
- Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista · Self
- Días de cine · Thanks
- María querida · Writer
- Franky Banderas · Writer, Story
- The Galíndez File · Screenplay
- The Green March · Writer
- Sound of the Sea · Screenplay
- El paraíso ya no es lo que era · Writer
- Goodbye from the Heart · Story, Screenplay
- Butterfly · Screenplay
- The Girl of Your Dreams · Writer
- A Perfect Couple · Writer
- Siempre hay un camino a la derecha · Writer
- Pintadas · Writer
- In Praise of Older Women · Writer
- Tranvía a la Malvarrosa · Writer
- La Celestina · Writer
- Gran Slalom · Writer
- The Seducer · Writer
- King of the River · Writer
- Suspiros de España (y Portugal) · Writer
- La mujer cualquiera · Writer
- Banderas, the Tyrant · Writer
- Belle Époque · Screenplay, Story
- Chechu and Family · Screenplay, Story
- Ay, Carmela! · Screenplay
- La mujer infiel · Writer
- Blood and Sand · Writer
- The Flight of the Dove · Writer
- Little Spanish Soldier · Writer
- Pasodoble · Writer
- How Good the Whites Are · Writer
- Moors and Christians · Screenplay
- The Enchanted Forest · Screenplay
- The Impeccable Sinner · Writer
- Year of Enlightment · Writer
- Hay que deshacer la casa · Writer
- The Court of the Pharaoh · Writer
- The Heifer · Screenplay, Story
- Don Chisciotte · Writer
- Los desastres de la guerra · Writer, Creator
- National III · Writer
- Bésame, tonta · Writer
- Airlift · Writer
- 127 millones libres de impuestos · Writer
- National Heritage · Writer
- El divorcio que viene · Writer
- La familia bien, gracias · Writer
- Honey · Screenplay
- A Man Called Autumn Flower · Writer
- The National Shotgun · Screenplay
- Bye Bye Monkey · Writer
- Una noche embarazosa · Writer
- My Daughter Hildegart · Writer
- The Anchorite · Writer
- The Last Woman · Writer
- La adúltera · Writer
- Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego! · Screenplay
- El poder del deseo · Novel
- To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday · Novel
- Life Size · Screenplay
- La revolución matrimonial · Writer
- Cousin Angelica · Screenplay
- Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? · Screenplay
- Fischia Il Sesso · Screenplay
- Don't Touch the White Woman! · Writer