His mother, Fermina Atares Torrente, was a concert pianist. His father, Antonio Saura Pacheco, who came from Murcia, was an attorney and civil servant. Saura was born in Huesca, Aragón, Spain on 4 January 1932. A great numbers of his films have won many international awards. He has a long and prolific career that spans over half a century. His name, with those of Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, forms a triad of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. In 2013, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala.Ĭarlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. In 2008, Carlos Saura was honoured with a Global Life Time Achievement Award at the 10th Mumbai International Film Festival, organized by the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image. He was chosen as director for the official film of the 1992 Olympic Games of Barcelona, Marathon (1993). In 1990, he received the Goya Award for the best director and best script for ¡Ay, Carmela!. Everything you see in the film is actually based on conversations I had with him.” I’m sure Buñuel would have loved this film. I like the film but nobody else seems to like it. In an interview to an online film magazine, he says about Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (Buñuel and the table of King Solomon -2001): “That’s the greatest film I’ve ever made. Saura considers his film on surrealist master Luis Buñuel to be his best cinematic work. His 1989 film La noche oscura was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. He later made the movies Flamenco (1995), Tango (1998), and Fados (2007). His Flamenco Trilogy of the 1980s includes Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding), Carmen, and El amor brujo featuring the work of Spanish flamenco dancer Cristina Hoyos. Saura later become known for movies featuring flamenco and other traditional dances. His film Mama cumple 100 años (Mom is celebrating her 100 years) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1980 Academy Awards. The films La prima Angélica (Cousin Angélica) of 1973 and Cría cuervos (Raising Ravens from the Spanish phrase: Cria cuervos y te sacaran los ojos (Raise ravens and they will peck out your eyes)) of 1975 received the special prize of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. He won the Golden Bear in 1981 at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival for his film Deprisa, Deprisa. In 1967, his film Peppermint Frappé also received the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. Four years later (1966), he was honored at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival, where he received the Silver Bear for Best Director for his film La caza. In 1962 his film Los Golfos was recognized for its strong sociological impact in the betterment of the Spanish youth by tackling juvenile delinquency in Madrid's poorest districts. In 1957-1958, Saura created his first film (Cuenca).
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