Rafael Azcona

Known for WritingBorn 1926-10-24Died 2008-03-23Logroño, La Rioja, España

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Gran Slalom

The Secret of the Blue Men

A Perfect Couple

Siempre hay un camino a la derecha

La cera virgen

El monumento

Streetcar for Sale

La mujer cualquiera

La mujer infiel

El poder del deseo

Fischia Il Sesso

Butterfly

Placido

The Executioner

Mafioso

Rafael Azcona

The Ape Woman

National Heritage

Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future

The Enchanted Forest

Don Chisciotte

Los desastres de la guerra

La Grande Bouffe

127 millones libres de impuestos

La adúltera

La revolución matrimonial

L'Estate

Anna and the Wolves

The Man with the Balloons

Belle Époque

Madrid, 1987

Latin Lovers

Ay, Carmela!

The National Shotgun

María querida

The Heifer

The Blind Sunflowers

How Good the Whites Are

The Girl of Your Dreams

The Wheelchair

Hay que deshacer la casa

Goodbye from the Heart

The Little Apartment

Peppermint Frappé

The Audience

The Impeccable Sinner

Cousin Angelica

The Wedding March