Agustín Navarro (director)

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Agustín Navarro Cano (* 1926 in Cartagena ; † July 14, 2001 in Madrid ) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter .

Life

Navarro studied at the Spanish Film Institute in Madrid and in 1951 became assistant to directors such as Carlos Serrano , Luis García Berlanga and José María Forqué . His last work in this role was Marco Ferreri's El pisito .

After three documentaries , he made his first feature film in 1958 , the comedy Quince bajo la lona , which he had followed by ten more of his own by 1971; he wrote the script for two others. His two films, produced in 1962 and 1963, were made in Argentina ; the following year he shot a western . After working in the cinema, he went to Spanish television and taught at the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía and the Facultad de Ciencias de la Información in Madrid.

Filmography

  • 1958: 15 bajo la lona
  • 1960: El cerro de los locos
  • 1961: Cuidado con las personas formales
  • 1962: Una jaula no tiene secretos
  • 1963: Proceso a la consciencia
  • 1963: The Avenger of Golden Hill (Cuatro balazos)
  • 1966: El misterioso Señor Van Eyck
  • 1968: Camino de la verdad
  • 1969: El día de mañana
  • 1970: Enseñar a un sinvergüenza
  • 1971: La casa de los Martínez

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