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Carlos Saura

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Carlos Saura Atares was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer who lived from 4 January 1932 to 10 February 2023. With Luis Bunuel and Pedro Almodovar he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers, with a prolific career of over half a century. He began in 1955 making documentary shorts and gained international prominence when his first feature premiered at Cannes in 1960. He switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolism to get around the Spanish censors. Deprisa, deprisa is listed here as a work.

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Birth Year
1932 1
Role
Director 1
Role
Writer 1
Role
Artist 1
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Silver Bear 1
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Golden Bear 1
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1. Wikipedia: Carlos Saura
  • Lead sentence
    Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932-10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer.
  • Infobox: birth_date
    4 January 1932
  • Article body: Golden Bear
    He won the Golden Bear in 1981 at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival for his film Deprisa, Deprisa.
  • Article body: Silver Bear
    In 1966, he was thrust into the international spotlight when his film The Hunt won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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