Rafael Azcona

Rafael Azcona Fernández (24 October 1926 – 24 March 2008) was a Spanish screenwriter and novelist who 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, José Luis García Sánchez, Pedro Olea, and Carlos Saura. Azcona was also awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 1994.

Rafael Azcona died at his home in Madrid, Spain, on 24 March 2008, at the age of 81.

Selected filmography as screenwriter

 * 1959 : El pisito
 * 1959 : Se vende un tranvía
 * 1960 : El cochecito
 * 1961 : Plácido
 * 1961 : El secreto de los hombres azules
 * 1962 : Mafioso
 * 1962 : Les Quatre vérités
 * 1963 : La Donna scimmia
 * 1963 : The Conjugal Bed (L'Ape regina)
 * 1963 : El Verdugo
 * 1964 : The Ape Woman
 * 1964 : Un rincón para querernos
 * 1964 : Controsesso
 * 1965 : L'Uomo dei cinque palloni
 * 1965 : Oggi, domani, dopodomani
 * 1965 : Marcia nuziale
 * 1965 : Una Moglie americana
 * 1966 : L'estate
 * 1967 : Tuset Street
 * 1967 : Peppermint Frappé
 * 1967 : Las Pirañas
 * 1969 : La Madriguera
 * 1970 : ¡Vivan los novios!
 * 1970 : Las secretas intencions
 * 1970 : El Monumento
 * 1970 : El jardín de las delicias
 * 1971 : L'udienza
 * 1971 : El Ojo del huracán
 * 1971 : Un omicidio perfetto a termine di legge
 * 1972 : La Cera virgen
 * 1972 : Si può fare... amigo
 * 1972 : A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
 * 1973 : Tarot
 * 1973 : Ana y los lobos
 * 1974 : The Marriage Revolution
 * 1974 : Touche pas à la femme blanche, (Don't Touch The White Woman!)
 * 1974 : Permettete, signora, che ami vostra figlia
 * 1974 : La prima Angélica
 * 1974 : Grandeur nature
 * 1975 : El Poder del deseo
 * 1975 : Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego!
 * 1976 : El Anacoreta
 * 1976 : La Dernière femme
 * 1977 : Mi hija Hildegart
 * 1978 : Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño
 * 1978 : Ciao maschio
 * 1978 : La escopeta nacional
 * 1979 : La miel
 * 1979 : La familia, bien, gracias
 * 1981 : Patrimonio nacional
 * 1981 : 127 millones libres de impuestos
 * 1982 : Bésame, tonta
 * 1982 : Nacional III
 * 1983 : Don Chisciotte (TV)
 * 1983 : Los desastres de la guerra (TV)
 * 1985 : La vaquilla
 * 1985 : La corte de Faraón
 * 1986 : Hay que deshacer la casa
 * 1986 : El año de las luces
 * 1987 : El bosque animado
 * 1987 : El pecador impecable
 * 1987 : Moros y cristianos
 * 1988 : Come sono buoni i bianchi
 * 1988 : Pasodoble
 * 1988 : Soldadito español
 * 1989 : El vuelo de la paloma
 * 1989 : Blood and Sand (1989 film)
 * 1990 : La Mujer de tu vida: La mujer infiel (TV)
 * 1990 : Ay Carmela
 * 1992 : Chechu y familia
 * 1992 : Belle Époque
 * 1993 : Tirano Banderas
 * 1994 : La Mujer de tu vida 2: La mujer cualquiera (TV)
 * 1995 : Suspiros de España
 * 1995 : El Rey del río
 * 1995 : El Seductor
 * 1996 : Gran Slalom
 * 1997 : Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
 * 1997 : En brazos de la mujer madura
 * 1997 : Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
 * 1998 : Una pareja perfecta
 * 1998 : La niña de tus ojos
 * 1999 : La lengua de las mariposas
 * 2000 : Adiós con el corazón
 * 2001 : El paraíso ya no es lo que era
 * 2001 : Son de mar
 * 2002 : La marcha verde
 * 2004 : Franky Banderas
 * 2004 : María querida
 * 2008 : Los girasoles ciegos