born Jan. 4, 1932, Huesca, Spain
Spanish film director.
He won notice as a director with The Hunt (1965), the first of his allegorical films criticizing Spanish society under Francisco Franco . He wrote or cowrote the screenplays for and directed The Garden of Delights (1970), which was delayed then mutilated by Spanish censors; Anna and the Wolves (1972); and Cousin Angelica (1973), which was the first Spanish film to present the Spanish Civil War from the viewpoint of the losing Republican cause. He collaborated with the choreographer-dancer Antonio Gades on the flamenco dramas Blood Wedding (1981), Carmen (1983), and Love the Magician (1986). His later films include Flamenco (1997) and Tango (1998).