Rafael Azcona

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-10-24

Deathday 2008-03-23 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Logroño, La Rioja, España

Also Known As Raphael Atzcona

Rafael Azcona

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known For

Writer

2020
The Europeans

as Novel

2016
The Queen of Spain

as Characters

2012
Madrid, 1987

as Dialogue

2012
2009
2008
Martes de Carnaval

as Screenplay

2008
2004
Franky Banderas

as Writer

2004
2004
María querida

as Writer

2002
The Green March

as Writer

2001
Sound of the Sea

as Screenplay

2000
1999
Butterfly

as Screenplay

1998
1997
Pintadas

as Writer

1996
La Celestina

as Writer

1996
Gran Slalom

as Writer

1995
The Seducer

as Writer

1995
1994
1993
1992
Belle Époque

as Screenplay

1992
Belle Époque

as Story

1992
Chechu y familia

as Screenplay

1992
1990
Ay, Carmela!

as Screenplay

1990
La mujer infiel

as Writer

1989
Blood and Sand

as Writer

1988
Pasodoble

as Writer

1987
The Enchanted Forest

as Screenplay

1987
Moors and Christians

as Screenplay

1987
1986
1985
The Heifer

as Screenplay

1985
The Heifer

as Story

1984
Don Chisciotte

as Writer

1982
Bésame, tonta

as Writer

1982
National III

as Writer

1981
Airlift

as Writer

1981
1980
1979
Honey

as Screenplay

1978
The National Shotgun

as Screenplay

1978
Bye Bye Monkey

as Writer

1977
1977
1976
The Last Woman

as Writer

1976
The Anchorite

as Writer

1975
1975
La adúltera

as Writer

1975
1974
Fischia Il Sesso

as Screenplay

1974
Cousin Angelica

as Screenplay

1974
Life Size

as Screenplay

1973
La Grande Bouffe

as Screenplay

1973
Tarot

as Screenplay

1973
Tarot

as Story

1973
1972
It Can Be Done Amigo

as Screenplay

1972
The Audience

as Story

1972
La cera virgen

as Screenplay

1971
1971
Cross Current

as Screenplay

1970
El monumento

as Writer

1969
Honeycomb

as Screenplay

1969
The Challenges

as Writer

1968
Tuset Street

as Writer

1967
Peppermint Frappé

as Screenplay

1967
The Harem

as Story

1967
Il fischio al naso

as Screenplay

1967
Las pirañas

as Screenplay

1966
1966
The Wedding March

as Screenplay

1966
L'Estate

as Screenplay

1965
1965
Run for Your Wife

as Screenplay

1964
The Ape Woman

as Writer

1964
Controsesso

as Screenplay

1963
The Executioner

as Screenplay

1963
The Conjugal Bed

as Screenplay

1963
1963
1962
Mafioso

as Screenplay

1962
Placido

as Screenstory

1962
The Four Truths

as Writer

1962
Placido

as Screenplay

1961
Latin Lovers

as Screenplay

1961
1960
1960
The Wheelchair

as Screenplay

1959
The Little Apartment

as Screenplay

1959

Crew

2007
Días de cine

as Thanks

1972

Creator