
Director
José Luis Garci
Born 1944 · Madrid, España
José Luis Garci is a Spanish director, producer, film critic, TV presenter, screenwriter and author. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Begin the Beguine (1982). Four of his films, including also Sesión continua (1984), Asignatura aprobada (1987) and El abuelo (1998), have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, more than any other Spanish director. His films are characterized for his classical style and the underlying sentimentality of their plots.
Directed

El crack
Director · 1981

The Crack: Inception
Director · 2019

The Grandfather
Director · 1998

Begin the Beguine
Director · 1982

El crack dos
Director · 1983

Historias del otro lado
Director · 1988

You're the One
Director · 2000

Casablanca revisitada
Director · 1992

Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
Director · 2004

Las verdes praderas
Director · 1979

Cradle Song
Director · 1994

Alone in the Small Hours
Director · 1978

Historia de un beso
Director · 2002

Course Completed
Director · 1987

Sunday Light
Director · 2007

Asignatura pendiente
Director · 1977

Ninette
Director · 2005

Mi Marilyn
Director · 1975
Acting

The Night of the Sunflowers
Himself - Radio Host (voice) (uncredited) · 2006

El crack dos
Minor Role (uncredited) · 1983

Cradle Song
(uncredited) · 1994

Operación Palace
Himself · 2014

Enrique Herreros
Self - Filmmaker · 2011

Viva la clase media
Antonio 'Vladimiro' Flanagan · 1980

Vida conyugal sana
Oficinista (uncredited) · 1974

Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
Self · 2025

Olea… ¡Más alto!
Self - Filmmaker · 2020

¡Qué grande es el cine!
Self - Host · 1995

Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring
Self · 2025
Writing

The Telephone Box
Screenplay · 1972

El crack
Screenplay · 1981

The Crack: Inception
Screenplay · 2019

The Grandfather
Writer · 1998

Begin the Beguine
Writer · 1982

El crack dos
Screenplay · 1983

Historias del otro lado
Writer · 1988

You're the One
Writer · 2000

Casablanca revisitada
Writer · 1992

Los preparativos
Writer · 1968

Plinio
Screenplay · 1972

La Gioconda está triste
Story · 1977