Rafael Azcona
Writing
Born: October 24, 1926 · Logroño, La Rioja, España
Died: March 23, 2008 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
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
La Grande Bouffe
1973
Butterfly
1999
Belle Époque
1992
The Executioner
1963
The Girl of Your Dreams
1998
The Queen of Spain
2016
Placido
1962
Ay, Carmela!
1990
It Can Be Done Amigo
1972
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
The National Shotgun
1978
Madrid, 1987
2012
Photos (1)
Movies (2)
Self / Appearances (3)
Writing (124)
Chechu and Family
Screenplay
Chechu and Family
Story
The Wheelchair
Screenplay
The Wheelchair
Novel
Madrid, 1987
Dialogue
Airlift
Writer
La Grande Bouffe
Screenplay
Belle Époque
Screenplay
Belle Époque
Story
María querida
Writer
It Can Be Done Amigo
Screenplay
Year of Enlightment
Writer
The Last Woman
Writer
Sound of the Sea
Screenplay
Butterfly
Screenplay
Blood and Sand
Writer
How Good the Whites Are
Writer
Ay, Carmela!
Screenplay
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Screenplay
The Girl of Your Dreams
Writer
In Praise of Older Women
Writer
Anna and the Wolves
Writer
The Queen of Spain
Characters
The Executioner
Screenplay
Tuset Street
Writer
The Heifer
Screenplay
The Heifer
Story
Bye Bye Monkey
Writer
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Writer
The Ape Woman
Writer
Peppermint Frappé
Screenplay
Mafioso
Screenplay
Honeycomb
Screenplay
Los desastres de la guerra
Writer
The Galíndez File
Screenplay
The Four Truths
Writer
The Conjugal Bed
Screenplay
The Conjugal Bed
Story
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
Novel
The Seducer
Writer
Fischia Il Sesso
Screenplay
Kiss the Other Sheik
Writer
La Celestina
Writer
The Wedding March
Story
The Wedding March
Screenplay
Placido
Screenstory
Placido
Screenplay
The Garden of Delights
Writer
The Audience
Story
La adúltera
Writer
Cousin Angelica
Screenplay
The National Shotgun
Screenplay
The Harem
Story
The Court of the Pharaoh
Writer
Life Size
Screenplay
The Impeccable Sinner
Writer
Martes de Carnaval
Screenplay
National Heritage
Writer
The Enchanted Forest
Screenplay
My Daughter Hildegart
Writer
The Blind Sunflowers
Writer
Honey
Screenplay
The Secret of the Blue Men
Screenplay
The Secret of the Blue Men
Story
Una noche embarazosa
Writer
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Screenplay
La guerra del cerdo
Writer
Banderas, the Tyrant
Writer
Controsesso
Screenplay
In the Eye of the Hurricane
Screenplay
L'ultimo Pulcinella
Writer
Death and the Lumberjack
Screenplay
Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego!
Screenplay
Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
Writer
The Seventh Floor
Screenplay
Goodbye from the Heart
Story
Goodbye from the Heart
Screenplay
La cera virgen
Screenplay
The Man with the Balloons
Writer
The Little Apartment
Novel
The Little Apartment
Screenplay
Tarot
Story
Tarot
Screenplay
The Flight of the Dove
Writer
Cross Current
Screenplay
Little Spanish Soldier
Writer
Run for Your Wife
Screenplay
The Europeans
Novel
Franky Banderas
Writer
Franky Banderas
Story
Pasodoble
Writer
The Anchorite
Writer
El paraíso ya no es lo que era
Writer
A Man Called Autumn Flower
Writer
Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
Writer
Latin Lovers
Screenplay
Gran Slalom
Writer
El divorcio que viene
Writer
Long Live the Bride and Groom
Screenplay
The Challenges
Writer
La familia bien, gracias
Writer
El poder del deseo
Novel
Hay que deshacer la casa
Writer
Moors and Christians
Screenplay
Bésame, tonta
Writer
National III
Writer
127 millones libres de impuestos
Writer
Los muertos no se tocan, nene
Novel
King of the River
Writer
L'Estate
Screenplay
Las pirañas
Screenplay
Streetcar for Sale
Writer
Un rincón para querernos
Writer
The Green March
Writer
La revolución matrimonial
Writer
El monumento
Writer
Don Chisciotte
Writer
Las secretas intenciones
Writer
Pintadas
Writer
La mujer cualquiera
Writer
A Perfect Couple
Writer
Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
Writer
La mujer infiel
Writer
De los reptiles-saurios en los cafés
Short Story
