Mario Camus

Mario Camus

  • Birthday: 1935-04-19
  • Deathday: 2021-09-18
  • Place of birth: Santander, Cantabria, España

Biography

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

Filmography

Los farsantes

1963

As Director

Mario Camus según el cine

2022

As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Production

Wrath of the Wind

1970

As Director

When You Are Not Here

1966

As Director

Let Them Talk

1968

As Director

The Holy Innocents

1984

As Director

City of Wonders

1999

As Director

Self Esteem

1994

As Director

Suburbs

1996

As Director

El prado de las estrellas

2007

As Director

The Beehive

1982

As Director

Esa mujer

1969

As Director

With the East Wind

1967

As Director

Al ponerse el sol

1967

As Director

The Color of the Clouds

1997

As Director

La playa de los galgos

2002

As Director

Shadows in a Conflict

1993

As Director

La rusa

1987

As Director

La vuelta del Coyote

1998

As Director

Los días del pasado

1977

As Director

The Birds of Baden-Baden

1975

As Director

Young Sánchez

1964

As Director

La Femme et le Pantin

1990

As Director

Muere una mujer

1964

As Director

La Suerte

1963

As Director

After the Dream

1992

As Director

La vieja música

1985

As Director

La joven casada

1975

As Director

The Drunkard

1962

As Director

Los farsantes

1963

As Director

Volver a vivir

1968

As Director

Roma

2004

As Screenplay

The Holy Innocents

1984

As Writer

Bohemian Nights

1985

As Screenplay

Weeping for a Bandit

1964

As Writer

City of Wonders

1999

As Writer

Shadows in a Conflict

1993

As Writer

Marbella

1985

As Writer

La vuelta del Coyote

1998

As Screenplay

Muere una mujer

1964

As Writer

Más allá del jardín

1996

As Writer

When You Are Not Here

1966

As Writer

The Drunkard

1962

As Writer

The Drunkard

1962

As Screenplay

The Drunkard

1962

As Story

With the East Wind

1967

As Writer

After the Dream

1992

As Writer

Canticle

1972

As Writer

Volver a vivir

1968

As Screenplay

La vieja música

1985

As Writer

The House of Bernarda Alba

1987

As Screenplay

The Color of the Clouds

1997

As Screenplay

Crooks

1983

As Story

La playa de los galgos

2002

As Screenplay

Self Esteem

1994

As Writer

Los días del pasado

1977

As Writer

The Delinquents

1960

As Screenplay

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