Elías Querejeta

Elías Querejeta Gárate (born October 27, 1934 in Hernani , Guipúzcoa , Republic of Spain , † June 9, 2013 in Madrid ) was a Spanish footballer , film producer and screenwriter .

Career

Querejeta has made over 50 films, including some of the best-known Spanish films of the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with the directors Carlos Saura , Víctor Erice , Montxo Armendáriz and Fernando León de Aranoa , among others .

In his youth, the Basque was a footballer for the first division club Real Sociedad San Sebastián , but ended this career at the age of 24. His daughter Gracia Querejeta (* 1962) is a film director.

Filmography (selection)

• 1962: Who speaks of guilt (Los innocentes) (& screenplay)
• 1965: The Hunt (La caza)
• 1967: Peppermint Frappe (Peppermint Frappé)
• 1968: Stress for three (Stress es tres tres)
• 1968: Deadly Jealousy (Los desafios)
• 1969: Cave of Memories (La madriguera)
• 1970: Garden of Earthly Delights (El jardín de las delicias)
• 1972: Anna and the Wolves (Ana y los lobos)
• 1973: Cousin Angélica (La prima Angélica)
• 1973: The spirit of the beehive (El espiritu de la colmena)
• 1975: Life and death of Pascal Duarte (Pascal Duarte)
• 1975: Breed ravens ... (Cria cuervos)
• 1977: Conversations with Max (Las palabras de Max) (& screenplay)
• 1977: Forty years after Granada (A un dios desconocido) (& screenplay)
• 1979: Mama turns 100 (Mamá cumple cien años)
• 1980: go ahead! (Deprisa, deprisa)
• 1983: El Sur (The South) (El Sur)
• 1984: Pablo's transformation (¡Feroz!)
• 1984: Tasio (Tasio)
• 1986: 27 hours (Veintisiete Horas) (& screenplay)
• 1990: Letters from Alou (Las cartas de Alou)
• 1994: Meeting point Kronen-Bar (Historias del Kronen)
• 1997: Family (Familia)
• 1999: Time of Return (Cuando vuelvas a mi lado) (& screenplay)
• 2002: Mondays in the sun (Los lunes al sol)
• 2003: The Sympathizer (Avant l'oublie)
• 2009: Cerca de tus ojos (documentary)

Web links

• Elías Querejeta in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary in El País