Cast & creator
Rafael Azcona
Best known for La Grande Bouffe, Madrid, 1987, Chechu and Family
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.
Also known as: Raphael Atzcona
132
film credits
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television credits
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1959–2022 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (135)
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La Grande Bouffe
Screenplay
1973
Madrid, 1987
Dialogue
2012
Chechu and Family
Screenplay
1992Chechu and Family
Story
1992
Belle Époque
Screenplay
1992Belle Époque
Story
1992
The Queen of Spain
Characters
2016
Sound of the Sea
Screenplay
2001
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Screenplay
1972
It Can Be Done Amigo
Screenplay
1972
The Last Woman
Writer
1976
Year of Enlightment
Writer
1986
Butterfly
Screenplay
1999
The Girl of Your Dreams
Writer
1998
Blood and Sand
Writer
1989
The Ape Woman
Writer
1964
Anna and the Wolves
Writer
1973
Los desastres de la guerra
Writer
1983Los desastres de la guerra
Creator
1983
Martes de Carnaval
Screenplay
2009
The Court of the Pharaoh
Writer
1985
Ay, Carmela!
Screenplay
1990
The Executioner
Screenplay
1963
In Praise of Older Women
Writer
1997
How Good the Whites Are
Writer
1988
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Writer
1974
La Celestina
Writer
1996
In the Eye of the Hurricane
Screenplay
1971
The Four Truths
Writer
1962
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
Novel
1974
Mafioso
Screenplay
1962
King of the River
Writer
1995
Bye Bye Monkey
Writer
1978
Life Size
Screenplay
1974
Kiss the Other Sheik
Writer
1965
The Conjugal Bed
Screenplay
1963The Conjugal Bed
Story
1963
Peppermint Frappé
Screenplay
1967
The Seventh Floor
Screenplay
1967
Días de cine
Thanks
2007
Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
Writer
1995
Airlift
Writer
1981
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Screenplay
1974
La familia bien, gracias
Writer
1979
The Garden of Delights
Writer
1970
The Wheelchair
Screenplay
1960The Wheelchair
Novel
1960
Goodbye from the Heart
Story
2000Goodbye from the Heart
Screenplay
2000
Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego!
Screenplay
1975
Run for Your Wife
Screenplay
1965
El paraíso ya no es lo que era
Writer
2001
María querida
Writer
2004
The Galíndez File
Screenplay
2003
Placido
Screenstory
1962Placido
Screenplay
1962
Fischia Il Sesso
Screenplay
1974
Los muertos no se tocan, nene
Novel
2011
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
Self
2007
The Man with the Balloons
Writer
1967
La adúltera
Writer
1975
Honeycomb
Screenplay
1969
Tuset Street
Writer
1968
Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
Self
2015
Hay que deshacer la casa
Writer
1986
Latin Lovers
Screenplay
1961
Death and the Lumberjack
Screenplay
1963
The Flight of the Dove
Writer
1989
A Man Called Autumn Flower
Writer
1978
Cousin Angelica
Screenplay
1974
The Secret of the Blue Men
Screenplay
1961The Secret of the Blue Men
Story
1961
Streetcar for Sale
Writer
1959
El divorcio que viene
Writer
1980
José Luis López Vázquez. ¡Qué disparate!
2022
127 millones libres de impuestos
Writer
1981
Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
Writer
1997
Cross Current
Screenplay
1971
The Audience
Story
1972
The Blind Sunflowers
Writer
2008The Blind Sunflowers
In Memory Of
2008
Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
Writer
1997
Tarot
Story
1973Tarot
Screenplay
1973
La guerra del cerdo
Writer
2012
The Harem
Story
1967
Far from the Trees
Other
1972
El poder del deseo
Novel
1975
Un rincón para querernos
Writer
1964The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner
Interviewee
2012
My Daughter Hildegart
Writer
1977
The Wedding March
Story
1966The Wedding March
Screenplay
1966
A Perfect Couple
Writer
1998
Las pirañas
Screenplay
1967
The Seducer
Writer
1995
Controsesso
Screenplay
1964
National Heritage
Writer
1981
Una noche embarazosa
Writer
1977
The Heifer
Screenplay
1985The Heifer
Story
1985
The Enchanted Forest
Screenplay
1987
Banderas, the Tyrant
Writer
1993
The Impeccable Sinner
Writer
1987
Moors and Christians
Screenplay
1987
Rafael Azcona
Self (archive footage)
2010
L'ultimo Pulcinella
Writer
2009
The Anchorite
Writer
1976
The National Shotgun
Screenplay
1978
The Europeans
Novel
2020Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista
Himself
2007
Honey
Screenplay
1979
L'Estate
Screenplay
1966
Pintadas
Writer
1997
El monumento
Writer
1970
National III
Writer
1982
The Little Apartment
(uncredited)
1959The Little Apartment
Novel
1959The Little Apartment
Screenplay
1959
La mujer cualquiera
Writer
1994
La cera virgen
Screenplay
1972
Don Chisciotte
Writer
1984
Little Spanish Soldier
Writer
1988
Pasodoble
Writer
1988
Franky Banderas
Writer
2004Franky Banderas
Story
2004
Las secretas intenciones
Writer
1970
The Green March
Writer
2002
La revolución matrimonial
Writer
1974
Long Live the Bride and Groom
Screenplay
1970
Bésame, tonta
Writer
1982
The Challenges
Writer
1969
Gran Slalom
Writer
1996
De los reptiles-saurios en los cafés
Short Story
2014La mujer infiel
Writer
1990