10.0
10.0
La cera virgen
1972
Screenplay
Rafael Azcona
Writing
Nationality:Spain
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Rafael Azcona Fernández (24 October 1926 – 24 March 2008) was a Spanish screenwriter and novelist who 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, José Luis García Sánchez, Pedro Olea, and Carlos Saura. Azcona was also awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 1994. Rafael Azcona died at his home in Madrid, Spain, on 24 March 2008, at the age of 81.
Notable Works
Mi hija Hildegart
Filmography (108 movies)
10.0
10.0
El monumento
1970
Writer
7.6
7.6
Placido
1962
Screenplay
7.6
7.6
The Executioner
1963
Screenplay
7.4
7.4
Mafioso
1962
Screenplay
7.4
7.4
Butterfly
1999
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
The Ape Woman
1964
Writer
7.1
7.1
La Grande Bouffe
1973
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Rafael Azcona
2010
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
Latin Lovers
1961
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Streetcar for Sale
1959
Writer
7.0
7.0
Death and the Lumberjack
1963
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
National Heritage
1981
Writer
6.9
6.9
The Enchanted Forest
1987
Screenplay
6.9
6.9
Anna and the Wolves
1973
Writer
6.9
6.9
The Man with the Balloons
1967
Writer
6.8
6.8
The Wheelchair
1960
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
2007
as Self
6.8
6.8
The National Shotgun
1978
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
The Heifer
1985
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
Ay, Carmela!
1990
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
Belle Époque
1992
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
The Little Apartment
1959
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
The Blind Sunflowers
2008
Writer
6.5
6.5
L'Estate
1966
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
Peppermint Frappé
1967
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
The Girl of Your Dreams
1998
Writer
6.4
6.4
The Conjugal Bed
1963
Screenplay
6.4
6.4
Controsesso
1964
Screenplay
6.4
6.4
Kiss the Other Sheik
1965
Writer
6.3
6.3
The Wedding March
1966
Screenplay
6.3
6.3
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
Screenplay
6.2
6.2
Cousin Angelica
1974
Screenplay
6.2
6.2
Hay que deshacer la casa
1986
Writer
6.2
6.2
Run for Your Wife
1965
Screenplay
6.2
6.2
Las pirañas
1967
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
In the Eye of the Hurricane
1971
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
Bye Bye Monkey
1978
Writer
6.1
6.1
Year of Enlightment
1986
Writer
6.1
6.1
The Last Woman
1976
Writer
6.1
6.1
Honeycomb
1969
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
How Good the Whites Are
1988
Writer
6.0
6.0
National III
1982
Writer
6.0
6.0
El divorcio que viene
1980
Writer
6.0
6.0
María querida
2004
Writer
6.0
6.0
Fischia Il Sesso
1974
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
127 millones libres de impuestos
1981
Writer
5.9
5.9
Goodbye from the Heart
2000
Screenplay
5.9
5.9
The Garden of Delights
1970
Writer
5.8
5.8
The Seventh Floor
1967
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
Sound of the Sea
2001
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
Moors and Christians
1987
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
It Can Be Done Amigo
1972
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
Long Live the Bride and Groom
1970
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
La familia bien, gracias
1979
Writer
5.5
5.5
José Luis López Vázquez. ¡Qué disparate!
2022
5.5
5.5
The Anchorite
1976
Writer
5.5
5.5
The Court of the Pharaoh
1985
Writer
5.5
5.5
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974
Writer
5.5
5.5
Life Size
1974
Screenplay
5.4
5.4
The Flight of the Dove
1989
Writer
5.4
5.4
In Praise of Older Women
1997
Writer
5.3
5.3
Chechu and Family
1992
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
Las secretas intenciones
1970
Writer
5.2
5.2
The Challenges
1969
Writer
5.2
5.2
My Daughter Hildegart
1977
Writer
5.1
5.1
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993
Writer
5.0
5.0
Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego!
1975
Screenplay
5.0
5.0
Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
1995
Writer
5.0
5.0
L'ultimo Pulcinella
2009
Writer
5.0
5.0
King of the River
1995
Writer
5.0
5.0
A Man Called Autumn Flower
1978
Writer
4.9
4.9
Blood and Sand
1989
Writer
4.9
4.9
Pasodoble
1988
Writer
4.8
4.8
Cross Current
1971
Screenplay
4.7
4.7
La Celestina
1996
Writer
4.5
4.5
The Impeccable Sinner
1987
Writer
4.4
4.4
Tarot
1973
Screenplay
4.4
4.4
Una noche embarazosa
1977
Writer
4.3
4.3
Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
1997
Writer
4.3
4.3
The Seducer
1995
Writer
4.0
4.0
The Galíndez File
2003
Screenplay
4.0
4.0
Un rincón para querernos
1964
Writer
4.0
4.0
Honey
1979
Screenplay
4.0
4.0
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974
Screenplay
3.9
3.9
The Four Truths
1962
Writer
3.6
3.6
Little Spanish Soldier
1988
Writer
3.0
3.0
Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
2015
as Self
3.0
3.0
Bésame, tonta
1982
Writer
2.8
2.8
El paraíso ya no es lo que era
2001
Writer
2.3
2.3
Pintadas
1997
Writer
2.0
2.0
The Green March
2002
Writer
2.0
2.0
Airlift
1981
Writer
2.0
2.0
Franky Banderas
2004
Writer
1.0
1.0
Tuset Street
1968
Writer
Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista
2007
as Himself
The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner
2012
as Interviewee
Don Chisciotte
1984
Writer
La guerra del cerdo
2012
Writer
La mujer infiel
1990
Writer
La mujer cualquiera
1994
Writer
Gran Slalom
1996
Writer
La revolución matrimonial
1974
Writer
A Perfect Couple
1998
Writer
Martes de Carnaval
2008
Screenplay
La adúltera
1975
Writer
The Secret of the Blue Men
1961
Screenplay
Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
1997
Writer
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