Spanish director and producer

José Luis Garci

José Luis García Muñoz, known professionally as José Luis Garci, is a Spanish film director, producer, critic, TV presenter, screenwriter and author. One of the most influential film personalities in the history of film in Spain, he earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Begin the Beguine (1982). Four of his films, including also Sesión continua (1984), Asignatura aprobada (1987) and El abuelo (1998), have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, more than any other Spanish director. His films are characterized for his classical style and the underlying sentimentality of their plots.

Born

1944

January 20

Died

Living

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1940s

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The world in 1944

When José arrived

april 1 World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
april 10 Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
april 16 World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
april 17 Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

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Chandra Wickramasinghe 1939– Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and biologist David Lynch 1946–2025 American television and film director, visual artist and musician, complications from emphysema (born 1946) Derek Dougan 1938–2007 Irish-English footballer and journalist (died 2007) Enoch L. Johnson 1883–1968 American mob boss (born 1883) Eric Stewart 1945– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer J. J. McCarthy 2003– American football player Jan Muršak 1988– Slovenian ice hockey player Jeffrey Epstein 1953–2019 American financier and child sex trafficker (born 1953) McKeeva Bush 1955– Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands

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Al Kooper 1944– American singer-songwriter and producer Al Michaels 1944– American sportscaster Angélica María 1944– American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress Anne Robinson 1944– English journalist and game show host António Variações 1944–1984 Portuguese musician (died 1984) Azizan Abdul Razak 1944–2013 Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (died 2013) Ban Ki-moon 1944– South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations Barry White 1944–2003 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1944) Carlos Alberto Torres 1944–2016 Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2016)

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