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Rafael Azcona Fernández (24 October 1926 – 24 March 2008) was an awarded Spanish screenwriter and novelist who has 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, Jose Luis Garcia Sanchez, Pedro Olea, and Carlos Saura. Azcona was also awarded the Spanish Fine Arts Gold Medal in 1994.
Rafael Azcona died at his home in Madrid, Spain, on 24 March 2008, at the age of 81.
Known For
Madrid, 1987
(2012)
Dialogue
La Grande Bouffe
(1973)
Screenplay
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
(1972)
Screenplay
The Executioner
(1963)
Screenplay
Butterfly
(1999)
Screenplay
Belle Époque
(1992)
Screenplay and Story
The Girl of Your Dreams
(1998)
Writer
Blood and Sand
(1989)
Writer
It Can Be Done Amigo
(1972)
Screenplay
Sound of the Sea
(2001)
Screenplay
Placido
(1962)
Screenplay and Screenstory
Ay, Carmela!
(1990)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
The Little Apartment
(1959)
Screenplay and Novel
Streetcar for Sale
(1959)
Writer
The Wheelchair
(1960)
Novel and Screenplay
The Secret of the Blue Men
(1961)
Story and Screenplay
Latin Lovers
(1961)
Screenplay
Placido
(1962)
Screenplay and Screenstory
Mafioso
(1962)
Screenplay
The Four Truths
(1962)
Writer
The Conjugal Bed
(1963)
Screenplay and Story
The Executioner
(1963)
Screenplay
Death and the Lumberjack
(1963)
Screenplay
The Ape Woman
(1964)
Writer
Controsesso
(1964)
Screenplay
Un rincón para querernos
(1964)
Writer
Oggi, domani, dopodomani
(1965)
Writer
Run for Your Wife
(1965)
Screenplay
L'Estate
(1966)
Screenplay
The Wedding March
(1966)
Story and Screenplay
The Harem
(1967)
Story
Il fischio al naso
(1967)
Screenplay
Las pirañas
(1967)
Screenplay
The Man with the Balloons
(1967)
Writer
Peppermint Frappé
(1967)
Screenplay
Tuset Street
(1968)
Writer
Honeycomb
(1969)
Screenplay
The Challenges
(1969)
Writer
El monumento
(1970)
Writer
The Garden of Delights
(1970)
Writer
Long Live the Bride and Groom
(1970)
Screenplay
Las secretas intenciones
(1970)
Writer
In the Eye of the Hurricane
(1971)
Screenplay
Cross Current
(1971)
Screenplay
It Can Be Done Amigo
(1972)
Screenplay
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
(1972)
Screenplay
La cera virgen
(1972)
Screenplay
The Audience
(1972)
Story
Tarot
(1973)
Story and Screenplay
La Grande Bouffe
(1973)
Screenplay
Anna and the Wolves
(1973)
Writer
Don't Touch the White Woman!
(1974)
Writer
Fischia Il Sesso
(1974)
Screenplay
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
(1974)
Writer
La revolución matrimonial
(1974)
Writer
Cousin Angelica
(1974)
Screenplay
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
(1974)
Novel
Life Size
(1974)
Screenplay
El poder del deseo
(1975)
Novel
La adúltera
(1975)
Writer
Ready, Aim, Fire!
(1975)
Writer
The Anchorite
(1976)
Writer
The Last Woman
(1976)
Writer
Una noche embarazosa
(1977)
Writer
My Daughter Hildegart
(1977)
Writer
A Man Called Autumn Flower
(1978)
Writer
The National Shotgun
(1978)
Screenplay
Bye Bye Monkey
(1978)
Writer
Honey
(1979)
Screenplay
La familia bien, gracias
(1979)
Writer
El divorcio que viene
(1980)
Writer
Airlift
(1981)
Writer
127 millones libres de impuestos
(1981)
Writer
National Heritage
(1981)
Writer
Bésame, tonta
(1982)
Writer
National III
(1982)
Writer
Don Chisciotte
(1984)
Writer
The Heifer
(1985)
Screenplay and Story
The Court of the Pharaoh
(1985)
Writer
Hay que deshacer la casa
(1986)
Writer
Year of Enlightment
(1986)
Writer
The Impeccable Sinner
(1987)
Writer
Moors and Christians
(1987)
Screenplay
The Enchanted Forest
(1987)
Screenplay
Little Spanish Soldier
(1988)
Writer
Pasodoble
(1988)
Writer
How Good the Whites Are
(1988)
Writer
The Flight of the Dove
(1989)
Writer
Blood and Sand
(1989)
Writer
La mujer infiel
(1990)
Writer
Ay, Carmela!
(1990)
Screenplay
Belle Époque
(1992)
Screenplay and Story
Chechu y familia
(1992)
Screenplay and Story
Banderas, the Tyrant
(1993)
Writer
La mujer cualquiera
(1994)
Writer
Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
(1995)
Writer
The Seducer
(1995)
Writer
King of the River
(1995)
Writer
Gran Slalom
(1996)
Writer
La Celestina
(1996)
Writer
Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
(1997)
Writer
Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
(1997)
Writer
In Praise of Older Women
(1997)
Writer
Pintadas
(1997)
Writer
The Girl of Your Dreams
(1998)
Writer
A Perfect Couple
(1998)
Writer
Butterfly
(1999)
Screenplay
Goodbye from the heart
(2000)
Story and Screenplay
Sound of the Sea
(2001)
Screenplay
El paraíso ya no es lo que era
(2001)
Writer
The Green March
(2002)
Writer
María querida
(2004)
Writer
Franky Banderas
(2004)
Story and Writer
Martes de Carnaval
(2008)
Screenplay
The Blind Sunflowers
(2008)
Writer
L'ultimo Pulcinella
(2009)
Writer
Los muertos no se tocan, nene
(2011)
Novel
La guerra del cerdo
(2012)
Writer
Madrid, 1987
(2012)
Dialogue
De los reptiles-saurios en los cafés
(2014)
Short Story
The Queen of Spain
(2016)
Characters
The Europeans
(2020)
Novel
Acting
The Little Apartment
(1959)
(uncredited)
Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista
(2007)
Himself
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
(2007)
Himself
Rafael Azcona
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner
(2012)
Interviewee
Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
(2015)
Self
José Luis López Vázquez. ¡Qué disparate!
(2022)
Crew