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.

Most Famous Work

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7

La Grande Bouffe

(1973) Screenplay

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6

It Can Be Done Amigo

(1972) Screenplay

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5

The Queen of Spain

(2016) Characters

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7

Butterfly

(1999) Screenplay

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7

Belle Époque

(1992) Story

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0

Los Desastres de la Guerra

(1983) Creator

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8

The Executioner

(1963) Screenplay

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6

Sound of the Sea

(2001) Screenplay

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2022	N/A	José Luis López Vázquez. ¡Qué disparate! 2022-11-01 Movie
2015	Self	Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí 2015-05-15 Movie
2012	Interviewee	The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner 2012-02-25 Movie
2010	Self (archive footage)	Rafael Azcona 2010-09-30 Movie
2007	Himself	Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future 2007-09-06 Movie
	Himself	Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista 2007-08-07 Movie
1959	(uncredited)	The Little Apartment 1959-06-15 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Novel	The Europeans 2020-11-20 Movie
2016	Characters	The Queen of Spain 2016-11-25 Movie
2014	Short Story	De los reptiles-saurios en los cafés 2014-01-01 Movie
2012	Writer	La guerra del cerdo 2012-01-01 Movie
2011	Novel	Los muertos no se tocan, nene 2011-11-04 Movie
2009	Writer	L'ultimo Pulcinella 2009-03-13 Movie
2008	Writer	The Blind Sunflowers 2008-08-29 Movie
	Screenplay	Martes de Carnaval 2008-01-05 Movie
2004	Writer	María querida 2004-10-29 Movie
	Writer	Franky Banderas 2004-02-20 Movie
	Story	Franky Banderas 2004-02-20 Movie
2002	Writer	The Green March 2002-01-01 Movie
2001	Screenplay	Sound of the Sea 2001-06-08 Movie
	Writer	El paraíso ya no es lo que era 2001-05-11 Movie
2000	Screenplay	Goodbye from the heart 2000-07-07 Movie
	Story	Goodbye from the heart 2000-07-07 Movie
1999	Screenplay	Butterfly 1999-09-24 Movie
1998	Writer	The Girl of Your Dreams 1998-11-13 Movie
	Writer	A Perfect Couple 1998-06-12 Movie
1997	Writer	Siempre hay un camino a la derecha 1997-08-29 Movie
	Writer	Pintadas 1997-07-18 Movie
	Writer	In Praise of Older Women 1997-04-11 Movie
	Writer	Tranvía a la Malvarrosa 1997-04-04 Movie
1996	Writer	La Celestina 1996-11-08 Movie
	Writer	Gran Slalom 1996-02-23 Movie
1995	Writer	The Seducer 1995-03-17 Movie
	Writer	King of the River 1995-02-24 Movie
	Writer	Suspiros de España (y Portugal) 1995-01-01 Movie
1994	Writer	La mujer cualquiera 1994-10-06 Movie
1993	Writer	Banderas, the Tyrant 1993-11-19 Movie
1992	Screenplay	Belle Époque 1992-12-04 Movie
	Story	Belle Époque 1992-12-04 Movie
	Screenplay	Chechu y familia 1992-06-25 Movie
	Story	Chechu y familia 1992-06-25 Movie
1990	Screenplay	Ay, Carmela! 1990-03-16 Movie
	Writer	La mujer infiel 1990-03-02 Movie
1989	Writer	Blood and Sand 1989-09-22 Movie
	Writer	The Flight of the Dove 1989-02-14 Movie
1988	Writer	Little Spanish Soldier 1988-10-07 Movie
	Writer	How Good the Whites Are 1988-01-20 Movie
	Writer	Pasodoble 1988-01-01 Movie
1987	Screenplay	Moors and Christians 1987-10-28 Movie
	Screenplay	The Enchanted Forest 1987-10-02 Movie
	Writer	The Impeccable Sinner 1987-08-13 Movie
1986	Writer	Year of Enlightment 1986-12-05 Movie
	Writer	Hay que deshacer la casa 1986-10-03 Movie
1985	Writer	The Court of the Pharaoh 1985-09-26 Movie
	Screenplay	The Heifer 1985-03-06 Movie
	Story	The Heifer 1985-03-06 Movie
1984	Writer	Don Chisciotte 1984-04-12 Movie
1983	Writer	Los Desastres de la Guerra 1983-06-06 TV Show
1982	Writer	National III 1982-12-06 Movie
	Writer	Bésame, tonta 1982-04-05 Movie
1981	Writer	Airlift 1981-12-21 Movie
	Writer	127 millones libres de impuestos 1981-07-31 Movie
	Writer	National Heritage 1981-03-26 Movie
1980	Writer	El divorcio que viene 1980-07-10 Movie
1979	Writer	La familia bien, gracias 1979-12-14 Movie
	Screenplay	Honey 1979-08-21 Movie
1978	Writer	A Man Called Autumn Flower 1978-09-24 Movie
	Screenplay	The National Shotgun 1978-09-14 Movie
	Writer	Bye Bye Monkey 1978-02-24 Movie
1977	Writer	Una noche embarazosa 1977-12-29 Movie
	Writer	My Daughter Hildegart 1977-09-16 Movie
1976	Writer	The Anchorite 1976-10-27 Movie
	Writer	The Last Woman 1976-04-20 Movie
1975	Writer	La adúltera 1975-12-15 Movie
	Writer	Ready, Aim, Fire! 1975-09-05 Movie
	Novel	El poder del deseo 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Writer	Anna and the Wolves 1974-10-09 Movie
	Novel	To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday 1974-08-22 Movie
	Screenplay	Life Size 1974-08-21 Movie
	Writer	La revolución matrimonial 1974-07-17 Movie
	Screenplay	Cousin Angelica 1974-04-28 Movie
	Writer	Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? 1974-04-13 Movie
	Screenplay	Fischia Il Sesso 1974-03-06 Movie
	Writer	Don't Touch the White Woman! 1974-01-23 Movie
1973	Screenplay	La Grande Bouffe 1973-05-16 Movie
	Screenplay	Tarot 1973-01-01 Movie
	Story	Tarot 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Screenplay	A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die 1972-12-27 Movie
	Screenplay	It Can Be Done Amigo 1972-03-31 Movie
	Story	The Audience 1972-03-31 Movie
	Screenplay	La cera virgen 1972-02-21 Movie
1971	Screenplay	Cross Current 1971-08-20 Movie
	Screenplay	In the Eye of the Hurricane 1971-04-23 Movie
1970	Writer	The Garden of Delights 1970-11-05 Movie
	Writer	El monumento 1970-09-18 Movie
	Writer	Las secretas intenciones 1970-07-29 Movie
	Screenplay	Long Live the Bride and Groom 1970-04-20 Movie
1969	Writer	The Challenges 1969-09-19 Movie
	Screenplay	Honeycomb 1969-07-14 Movie
1968	Writer	Tuset Street 1968-09-16 Movie
1967	Screenplay	Las pirañas 1967-10-18 Movie
	Screenplay	Peppermint Frappé 1967-10-09 Movie
	Story	The Harem 1967-10-06 Movie
	Writer	The Man with the Balloons 1967-08-08 Movie
	Screenplay	Il fischio al naso 1967-08-06 Movie
1966	Screenplay	L'Estate 1966-11-17 Movie
	Story	The Wedding March 1966-02-17 Movie
	Screenplay	The Wedding March 1966-02-17 Movie
1965	Writer	Oggi, domani, dopodomani 1965-12-28 Movie
	Screenplay	Run for Your Wife 1965-04-29 Movie
1964	Screenplay	Controsesso 1964-11-30 Movie
	Writer	The Ape Woman 1964-01-31 Movie
	Writer	Un rincón para querernos 1964-01-01 Movie
1963	Screenplay	The Executioner 1963-08-31 Movie
	Screenplay	The Conjugal Bed 1963-04-07 Movie
	Story	The Conjugal Bed 1963-04-07 Movie
1962	Writer	3 Fables of Love 1962-12-21 Movie
	Screenplay	Mafioso 1962-10-24 Movie
	Screenplay	Placido 1962-06-27 Movie
	Screenstory	Placido 1962-06-27 Movie
1961	Screenplay	Latin Lovers 1961-12-22 Movie
	Story	El secreto de los hombres azules 1961-08-11 Movie
	Screenplay	El secreto de los hombres azules 1961-08-11 Movie
1960	Novel	The Wheelchair 1960-11-03 Movie
	Screenplay	The Wheelchair 1960-11-03 Movie
1959	Writer	Streetcar for Sale 1959-10-11 Movie
	Screenplay	The Little Apartment 1959-06-15 Movie
	Novel	The Little Apartment 1959-06-15 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv