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Carlos Saura

Born
Jan 4, 1932 · Aged 91
Died
Feb 10, 2023
Place of birth
Huesca, Aragón, Spain
Gender
Male
Movie credits
28
TV credits
4
Directing credits
53
Also known as (1)
  • 카를로스 사우라

Biography

Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career that spanned over half a century, and his films won many international awards. Saura began his career in 1955 making documentary shorts. He gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960. Although he started filming as a neorealist, Saura switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolism in…