Rafael Azcona
Writing

Rafael Azcona

Born 24 October 1926 · Logroño, La Rioja, España · Died 23 March 2008

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.

Known for

La Grande Bouffe
Butterfly
Belle Époque
The Executioner
The Girl of Your Dreams
Placido
Ay, Carmela!
It Can Be Done Amigo
The National Shotgun
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
The Blind Sunflowers
The Heifer
The Europeans
La guerra del cerdo
Los muertos no se tocan, nene
L'ultimo Pulcinella
The Blind Sunflowers
Franky Banderas
María querida
The Galíndez File
The Green March
Sound of the Sea
El paraíso ya no es lo que era
Goodbye from the Heart
Butterfly
The Girl of Your Dreams
A Perfect Couple
In Praise of Older Women
Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
Pintadas
La Celestina
Gran Slalom
Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
The Seducer
King of the River
La mujer cualquiera
Banderas, the Tyrant
Belle Époque
Chechu and Family
Ay, Carmela!
La mujer infiel
Blood and Sand
The Flight of the Dove
Pasodoble
Little Spanish Soldier
How Good the Whites Are
The Enchanted Forest
Moors and Christians
The Impeccable Sinner
Year of Enlightment
Hay que deshacer la casa
The Heifer
The Court of the Pharaoh
Don Chisciotte
Bésame, tonta
National III
127 millones libres de impuestos
Airlift
National Heritage
El divorcio que viene
Honey
La familia bien, gracias
The National Shotgun
Bye Bye Monkey
A Man Called Autumn Flower
My Daughter Hildegart
Una noche embarazosa
The Last Woman
The Anchorite
El poder del deseo
La adúltera
Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego!
Fischia Il Sesso
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Cousin Angelica
Life Size
La revolución matrimonial
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
La Grande Bouffe
Tarot
Anna and the Wolves
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
It Can Be Done Amigo
The Audience
La cera virgen
In the Eye of the Hurricane
Cross Current
Long Live the Bride and Groom
The Garden of Delights
El monumento
Las secretas intenciones
Honeycomb
The Challenges
Tuset Street
Peppermint Frappé
The Harem
The Seventh Floor
The Man with the Balloons
Las pirañas
The Wedding March
L'Estate
Kiss the Other Sheik
Run for Your Wife
The Ape Woman
Controsesso
Un rincón para querernos
The Executioner
The Conjugal Bed
Death and the Lumberjack
Mafioso
The Four Truths
Placido
Latin Lovers
The Secret of the Blue Men
The Wheelchair
The Little Apartment
Streetcar for Sale
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