Jorge Semprún
Biography
Jorge Semprún Maura was a Spanish writer and politician. From 1953 to 1962, during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, Semprún lived clandestinely in Spain working as an organizer for the exiled Communist Party of Spain, but was expelled from the party in 1964. After Franco's death and the change to a democratic government, he was Spain's Minister of Culture from 1988 to 1991. He was screenwriter for two successive films by Greek director Costa-Gavras. In 1996 he became the first non-French author to be elected a member of the Académie Goncourt, which awards an annual literary prize.
Filmography
The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
2023
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
Valérian, histoire d'une création
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Che: muerte de la utopia?
1999
Rush - Voyage à Moscou
1990
as Self
A Grin Without a Cat
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Les Deux mémoires
1974
as Self
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
1971
as Self - Interviewee
The War Is Over
1966
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)