Biography
One of the best known filmmakers in the world and director of some of the most famous films of Spanish cinema, tender in his vision of the characters, but satirical to the point of biting in his social analysis, clearly critical despite the censorship of the Franco regime. He was born in 1921 into a wealthy Valencian family. After the Second World War, he studied at the Escuela Oficial de Cine (IIEC/EOC), where he would later become a professor. There he met Juan Antonio Bardem, and together they made their first film. His narrative ability, together with the sharpness of his satire, bordering on nonsense, made him a popular filmmaker, but also valued by critics. Nevertheless, within his comic line he oscillates between tenderness and the grotesqueness of his choral comedies. Between both extremes are his first films, written in collaboration with Rafael Azcona, in which he develops a black humor, characteristic of both, corrosive denunciations of social hypocrisy and the death penalty. In recent years he was president of the Filmoteca Nacional de España and director of a collection of erotic novels and short stories.
Directed 24
2000s
- 2002
El sueño de la maestra
Director
1990s
- 1999
París-Tombuctú
Director
- 1997
Blasco Ibáñez
Director
- 1994
Villarriba y Villabajo
Director
- 1993
Everyone Off to Jail
Director
1980s
- 1987
Moors and Christians
Director
- 1985
The Heifer
Director
- 1982
National III
Director
- 1981
National Heritage
Director
1970s
- 1978
The National Shotgun
Director
- 1974
Life Size
Director
- 1970
Long Live the Bride and Groom
Director
1960s
- 1967
Las pirañas
Director
- 1963
The Executioner
Director
Death and the Lumberjack
Director
- 1962
The Four Truths
Director
Placido
Director
1950s
- 1957
Miracles of Thursday
Director
- 1956
- 1954
Boyfriend in Sight
Director
- 1953
That Happy Couple
Director
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
Paseo por una guerra antigua
Director
Wrote 25
2000s
- 2002
El sueño de la maestra
Writer
1990s
- 1999
París-Tombuctú
Writer
- 1997
Blasco Ibáñez
Writer
- 1993
Everyone Off to Jail
Writer, Story
1980s
- 1987
Moors and Christians
Screenplay
- 1985
The Heifer
Screenplay, Story
- 1982
National III
Writer
- 1981
National Heritage
Writer
1970s
- 1978
The National Shotgun
Screenplay
- 1977
Una noche embarazosa
Writer
- 1974
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
Novel
Life Size
Writer
- 1970
Long Live the Bride and Groom
Writer
1960s
- 1967
Las pirañas
Screenplay
- 1964
Strange Voyage
Idea
- 1963
The Executioner
Screenplay
- 1962
Placido
Screenstory, Screenplay
1950s
- 1959
Streetcar for Sale
Writer
- 1958
Familia provisional
Writer
- 1957
Miracles of Thursday
Screenplay, Screenstory
- 1956
- 1954
Boyfriend in Sight
Screenplay
- 1953
That Happy Couple
Screenplay
1940s
- 1949
Paseo por una guerra antigua
Screenplay
Acted in 13
2000s
- 2000
La ley del cholo II
Movie
1990s
- 1998
Cuando el mundo se acabe te seguiré amando
Luis Berlanga
1980s
- 1984
De mica en mica s’omple la pica
Peris
- 1981
A Tied Blasé
Movie
- 1980
Erotic Stories
Hombre del metro
1970s
- 1977
Paper Tigers
Movie
1960s
- 1969
Sharon in Scarlet
Víctor
- 1968
Días de viejo color
Mr. Marshall
No somos de piedra
Movie
- 1967
Las pirañas
Film Buff
- 1965
October in Madrid
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Streetcar for Sale
Comprador de la baliza aerostática (uncredited)
Produced 1
1950s
- 1959
We Are 18 Years Old
Associate Producer
Created 1
1990s
- 1994
Villarriba y Villabajo
Creator
Appearances8
2020s
- 2025
Berlanga, fanáticamente contradictorio
Self (Archive footage)
- 2022
El joven Berlanga
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2010s
- 2011
Enrique Herreros
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
Por la gracia de Luis
Himself
- 2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
- 2004
From Kuleshov to Berlanga
Himself
1980s
- 1985
A la pálida luz de la luna
Himself
1970s
- 1978
