
José Luis Garci
Biography
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.
Filmography

Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
2025
as Self

Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring
2025
as Self

Summers el rebelde
2024

Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood
2024

Olea… ¡Más alto!
2020
as Self - Filmmaker

Operación Palace
2014
as Himself

Enrique Herreros
2011
as Self - Filmmaker

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

Cradle Song
1994
as (uncredited)

El crack dos
1983
as Minor Role (uncredited)

Viva la clase media
1980
as Antonio 'Vladimiro' Flanagan

La noche de los cien pájaros
1976

Vida conyugal sana
1974
as Oficinista (uncredited)