Mario Camus

Directing·Apr 19, 1935·Santander, Cantabria, España

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Camus started studying Law, but soon left his studies to enter the IIEC (now EOC) in 1956, where he got a director's diploma in 1963 with the training film El borracho (1962) and, finally, ended up as a professor. He worked with Carlos Saura in several screenplays during the early 60s (The Delinquents (1960), Llanto por un bandido (1964)), and also directed some shorts. His first feature films were Los farsantes (1963) and Young Sánchez (1964), a film about boxing -one of his passions- which won the Best Film Award at the Buenos Aires Film Festival in 1964. This way he started a three decade filmography full of great works, varying from romantic comedies and musicals to splendid adaptations from famous novels, as is the case of the prestigious TV series Fortunata y Jacinta (1980) or the film La colmena (1982), which won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. In 1983 he was given the 'Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes' (Arts Gold Medal), and one year later he prepared his most successful work both with public and critic: The Holy Innocents (1984), an adaptation from the novel by Miguel Delibes. This film won the Best Actor Award for Francisco Rabal and Alfredo Landa (ex- aequo) at the Cannes Film Festival. It also won the 'Premio Nacional de Cinematografía' (National Cinematography Award) in 1985 and the 'Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts des Lettres' Award in 1986. Camus's filmography combines films made with others with a more personal style, where he tells stories closer to him that let him go through less worn themes. That is the case of Con el viento solano (1966), Los pájaros de Baden-Baden (1975) or Los días del pasado (1977). In the 90s he continued working with great actors and telling dramatic stories made up from complex characters living rebel or broken lives, or entering other genres like noir. Examples of this stage are La rusa (1987), Después del sueño (1992), Sombras en una batalla (1993) and Adosados (1996), a film which won the International Critic Award. He was married to Concha Bergareche from 1961 - 2016, date of her death. They had 7 children. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Miguel Ángel Díaz González

Film	Credit
Mario Camus según el cine2022 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Mañana podría estar muerto2012 · Actor	Actor
El prado de las estrellas2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Roma2004 · Screenplay	Screenplay
La playa de los galgos2002 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
City of Wonders1999 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
La vuelta del Coyote1998 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
El Coyote: El tribunal del Coyote1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Color of the Clouds1997 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Más allá del jardín1996 · Writer	Writer
Suburbs1996 · Director	Director
Self Esteem1994 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Shadows in a Conflict1993 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Paco, mi padre1992 · Actor	Actor
After the Dream1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Prince of Shadows1991 · Writer	Writer
La Femme et le Pantin1990 · Director	Director
La rusa1987 · Director	Director
The House of Bernarda Alba1987 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Marbella1985 · Writer	Writer
La vieja música1985 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Bohemian Nights1985 · Screenplay	Screenplay
The Holy Innocents1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Beehive1982 · Director	Director
Los días del pasado1977 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
La joven casada1975 · Director	Director
TThe Birds of Baden-Baden1975 · Director	Director
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea1973 · Director	Director
Canticle1972 · Writer	Writer
Wrath of the Wind1970 · Director	Director
Esa mujer1969 · Director	Director
Let Them Talk1968 · Director	Director
Volver a vivir1968 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Al ponerse el sol1967 · Director	Director
With the East Wind1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
When You Are Not Here1966 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
La visita que no tocó el timbre1966 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Weeping for a Bandit1964 · Writer	Writer
Young Sánchez1964 · Director	Director
Muere una mujer1964 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
LLa suerte1963 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Los farsantes1963 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Drunkard1962 · Director, Writer, Screenplay	Director, Writer, Screenplay
LLa espera1961 · Director	Director
LLa visita1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Delinquents1960 · Screenplay	Screenplay
PPráctica de 2º curso1959 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay