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Rafael Azcona
Logroño, La Rioja, España
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 b…
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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.
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2020
The Europeans
Movie Novel
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2016
The Queen of Spain
Movie Characters
- 2015
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2014
De los reptiles-saurios en los cafés
Movie Short Story
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2012
Madrid, 1987
Movie Dialogue
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2012
The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner
Movie Interviewee
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2012
La guerra del cerdo
Movie Writer
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2011
Los muertos no se tocan, nene
Movie Novel
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2010
Rafael Azcona
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Martes de Carnaval
TV show Screenplay
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2009
L'ultimo Pulcinella
Movie Writer
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2008
The Blind Sunflowers
Movie Writer
- 2007
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2007
Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista
Movie Himself
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2007
Días de cine
Movie Thanks
More credits
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2004
María querida
Movie Writer
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2004
Franky Banderas
Movie Writer
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2003
The Galíndez File
Movie Screenplay
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2002
The Green March
Movie Writer
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2001
Sound of the Sea
Movie Screenplay
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2001
El paraíso ya no es lo que era
Movie Writer
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2000
Goodbye from the Heart
Movie Screenplay
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1999
Butterfly
Movie Screenplay
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1998
The Girl of Your Dreams
Movie Writer
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1998
A Perfect Couple
Movie Writer
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1997
Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
Movie Writer
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1997
Pintadas
Movie Writer
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1997
In Praise of Older Women
Movie Writer
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1997
Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
Movie Writer
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1996
La Celestina
Movie Writer
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1996
Gran Slalom
Movie Writer
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1995
The Seducer
Movie Writer
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1995
King of the River
Movie Writer
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1995
Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
Movie Writer
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1994
La mujer cualquiera
Movie Writer
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1993
Banderas, the Tyrant
Movie Writer
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1992
Belle Époque
Movie Screenplay
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1992
Chechu and Family
Movie Screenplay
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1990
Ay, Carmela!
Movie Screenplay
