José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Biography
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Spanish filmmaker, was born on April 10, 1911 in Madrid.
He debuted as a filmmaker with Patricio miró una estrella (1935), later signed La hija de Juan Simón (id), and ¿Quién me quiere a mí? (1936), under the orders of Luis Buñuel, who saved his life during the Civil War.
Very important in Franco's cinema, he became the official filmmaker of the regime; he made Raza, 1941, El escándalo, 1943, El destino se disculpa, 1945, Bambú, id., Mariona Rebull, 1947), La mies es mucha, 1949, Don Juan, 1950, Historias de la radio, 1955, Franco, ese hombre, 1964, La verbena de la paloma, 1963; Historias de la televisión, 1965.
Filmography
Buñuel
1984
as Self
La boda o la vida
1974
Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella
1974
El grano de mostaza
1962
as Presentador de la historia (uncredited)
Diez fusiles esperan
1959
as (uncredited)
La gran mentira
1956
as Self (uncredited)
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
as Otro periodista (no acreditado)
Don Quintin the Bitter
1935