Juan Antonio Bardem Muñoz (2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish film director and

screen writer A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. T ...

, born in Madrid. He was a member of the

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. Bardem was best known for ''

Muerte de un ciclista ''Death of a Cyclist'' ( es, Muerte de un ciclista) is a 1955 social realist Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and starring Italian actress Lucia Bosè, who was dubbed into Spanish by Elsa Fábregas. It won the FIPRESCI Award at ...

'' (1955) which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, and '' El puente'' (1977) which won the Golden Prize at the

10th Moscow International Film Festival The 10th Moscow International Film Festival was held 7-21 July 1977. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Hungarian film ''The Fifth Seal'' directed by Zoltán Fábri, the Spanish film '' El puente'' directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the Sovie ...

. His 1979 film ''

Seven Days in January ''Seven Days in January'' ( es, Siete días de enero) is a 1979 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem about the 1977 Atocha massacre. The film won the Golden Prize at 11th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Manuel Ángel ...

'' won the Golden Prize at the

11th Moscow International Film Festival The 11th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 14 to 28 August 1979. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian-French film ''Christ Stopped at Eboli'' directed by Francesco Rosi, the Spanish film '' Siete días de enero'' directed ...

. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the

12th Moscow International Film Festival The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film '' O Homem que Virou Suco'' directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film '' The Abandoned Field: Free ...

. In 1993 he was a member of the jury at the

43rd Berlin International Film Festival The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1993. The Golden Bear was awarded to American-Taiwanese film '' The Wedding Banquet'' directed by Ang Lee and Chinese film '' Xiāng hún nǚ'' directed by Xie ...

. In 1953 he and

Luis García Berlanga Luis García-Berlanga Martí (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture under t ...

founded a film magazine, '' Objetivo'', which existed until 1956. Bardem is the father of director

Miguel Bardem Miguel Bardem (born 1964) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Life Bardem comes from a well-known family of actors. His father was director Juan Antonio Bardem, and his aunt is actress Pilar Bardem. Pilar's children, Javier, Mónica ...

and uncle of actor

Javier Bardem Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. Known for his roles in blockbusters and foreign films, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in ...

. Bardem died in Madrid in 2002, at age 80.

Filmography

Director

*'' Esa pareja feliz'' (1951, co-directed with

) *'' Cómicos'' (1954) *'' Felices pascuas'' (1954) *'' Death of a Cyclist'' (1955) *''

Calle Mayor ''Main Street'' ( es, Calle Mayor) is a 1956 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem starring Betsy Blair and José Suárez. It is based on a Carlos Arniches play titled '' La señorita de Trévelez''. Shooting locations were Palenci ...

'' (1956) *'' Vengeance'' (1957) *''

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'' (1959) *''

At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon ''At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon'' ( es, A las cinco de la tarde, also released as ''At Five in the Afternoon'') is a 1961 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and starring Rafael Alcántara. The film was selected as the Spanish ...

'' (1961) *'' Los inocentes'' (1963) *'' Nunca pasa nada'' (1963) *'' Los pianos mecánicos'' (1965) *''

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'' (1968) * ''

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'' (1971) *'' La corrupción de Chris Miller'' (1973) *''

La isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo ''L'Île Mysterieuse / La Isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo / Die Geheimnisvolle Insel'' (''The Mysterious Island'') is a 1973 Spanish-language Italian-Spanish-French-Cameroonian adventure film adapted from Jules Verne's 1875 novel '' L'Île mys ...

'' (1973) (TV miniseries) *'' El puente'' (1977) *''

El Perro ''El perro'' (English: ''Bombón: El Perro'' and ''Bombón: The Dog'') is a 2004 Argentine-Spanish drama film, directed by Carlos Sorín, and written by Sorín, Santiago Calori, and Salvador Roselli. The picture features Juan Villegas and Walter ...

'' (1977) *'' Siete días de enero'' (1979) about the

1977 Atocha massacre The 1977 Atocha massacre was an attack by right-wing extremists in the center of Madrid on January 24, 1977, which saw the assassination of five labor activists from the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the workers' federation ''Comisiones ...

*'' Lorca, muerte de un poeta'' (1987) (TV miniseries) *'' El joven Picasso'' (1993) *'' Resultado final'' (1997)

Screenwriter

*''

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'' (1953) *''

Don Juan Don Juan (), also known as Don Giovanni ( Italian), is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. Famous versions of the story include a 17th-century play, ''El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra'' ...

'' (1956) *'' A Bell from Hell'' (1973) *'' La Isla Misteriosa'' (1973)

References

External links

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''Death of Cyclist'' (''Muerte de un ciclista''): program note from 1957 San Francisco International Film Festival website
1922 births 2002 deaths Film directors from Madrid Spanish communists Spanish male screenwriters Spanish male writers Honorary Goya Award winners Writers from Madrid Spanish magazine founders

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