Name
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1911-04-10
Deathday
1992-11-04 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Biography
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Spanish filmmaker, was born on April 10, 1911 in Madrid.
He debuted as a filmmaker with Patricio miró una estrella (1935), later signed La hija de Juan Simón (id), and ¿Quién me quiere a mí? (1936), under the orders of Luis Buñuel, who saved his life during the Civil War.
Very important in Franco's cinema, he became the official filmmaker of the regime; he made Raza, 1941, El escándalo, 1943, El destino se disculpa, 1945, Bambú, id., Mariona Rebull, 1947), La mies es mucha, 1949, Don Juan, 1950, Historias de la radio, 1955, Franco, ese hombre, 1964, La verbena de la paloma, 1963; Historias de la televisión, 1965.
Known For
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Three short stories based on radio competitions, all linked by speaker Gabriel and his fia...
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Antonio Torres, a serious singer of Spanish popular music, and Bárbara, a vivacious yé-y...
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Don Rodrigo goes to the bank and when he is going to take his money there is a robbery. Th...
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An old priest, who has old ideas, is intended to exercise the apostolate in a neighborhood...
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In Madrid, Spain, an omniscient narrator transforms Mari Loli and Merche, two beautiful sa...
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When truck driver Manolo is accused of a grave crime by a young woman from a nearby town, ...
- 1984 Buñuel as Self
- 1935 Don Quintin the Bitter
- 1956 La gran mentira as Self (uncredited)
- 1962 El grano de mostaza as Presentador de la historia (uncredited)
- 1974 Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella
- 1974 La boda o la vida
- 1959 Diez fusiles esperan as (uncredited)
- 1954 All Is Possible in Granada as Otro periodista (no acreditado)
