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Rafael Azcona Fernández (24 October 1926 – 24 March 2008) was an awarded Spanish screenwriter and novelist who has worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers. Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career, including a lifetime achievement award in 1998.
He was born in the northern Spanish city Logroño on 24 October 1926. Azcona initially began his career writing for humor magazines. He became known as a screenwriter when he penned the screenplay for the film, El Pisito (The Little Apartment), which was based on his own novel. The 1959 film was directed by Italian film director, Marco Ferreri.
Azcona teamed up with director Fernando Trueba in “Belle Époque,” which won an Academy Award for best foreign film in 1994. He collaborated with other Spanish directors including Luis Garcia Berlanga, Jose Luis Cuerda, Jose Luis Garcia Sanchez, Pedro Olea, and Carlos Saura. Azcona was also awarded the Spanish Fine Arts Gold Medal in 1994.
Rafael Azcona died at his home in Madrid, Spain, on 24 March 2008, at the age of 81.
Filmography
all 122
Movies 121
Writer 89
Screenplay 18
self 8
TV Shows 1
The Queen of Spain (2016)
Madrid, 1987 (2012)
Martes de Carnaval (2008)
Días de cine (2007)
María querida (2004)
Franky Banderas (2004)
The Green March (2002)
Sound of the Sea (2001)
Goodbye from the Heart (2000)
Butterfly (1999)
Pintadas (1997)
La Celestina (1996)
Gran Slalom (1996)
The Seducer (1995)
Belle Époque (1992)
Ay, Carmela! (1990)
La mujer infiel (1990)
Blood and Sand (1989)
Pasodoble (1988)
The Enchanted Forest (1987)
The Heifer (1985)
Don Chisciotte (1984)
Los Desastres de la Guerra (1983)
National III (1982)
Bésame, tonta (1982)
Airlift (1981)
Honey (1979)
The National Shotgun (1978)
Bye Bye Monkey (1978)
The Anchorite (1976)
La adúltera (1975)
Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego! (1975)
Life Size (1974)
Cousin Angelica (1974)
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
Tarot (1973)
The Audience (1972)
La cera virgen (1972)
Cross Current (1971)
El monumento (1970)
Honeycomb (1969)
Tuset Street (1968)
Las pirañas (1967)
The Harem (1967)
L'Estate (1966)
Controsesso (1964)
The Ape Woman (1964)
The Executioner (1963)
Death and the Lumberjack (1963)
The Four Truths (1962)
Mafioso (1962)
Placido (1962)
Latin Lovers (1961)
The Wheelchair (1960)
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Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-10-24
Deathday
2008-03-24 (81 years old)
Birth Name
Rafael Azcona Fernández
Birth Place
Logroño, Spain
Citizenships
Spain
Also Known As
Raphael Atzcona
Awards
Premio Nacional de Cinematografía, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Honorary Goya Award, Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay, Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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