Luis_García_Berlanga

Luis García-Berlanga Martí MMT (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture under the Francoist dictatorship. His most famous works include Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953), which competed for the Grand Prix at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, The Executioner (1963), which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 24th Venice International Film Festival, and Plácido (1961), nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1962. The latter marked the beginning of his long-time collaboration with screenwriter Rafael Azcona, with whom he co-wrote the scripts for seven of his films between 1961 and 1987.