Francisco Rovira Beleta (

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...

, 1913 – 23 June 1999) was a twice

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nominee Spanish

screenwriter 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. ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

. His film '' Los atracadores'' was entered into the

12th Berlin International Film Festival The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June – 3 July 1962. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' A Kind of Loving'' directed by John Schlesinger. Jury The following people were announced as being o ...

. His 1963 film '' Los Tarantos'' was nominated for an

in the Best Foreign Film category. Four years later, his film ''

El amor brujo ''El amor brujo'' (, "The sorcerer love") is a ballet by Manuel de Falla to a libretto by María de la O Lejárraga García, although for years it was attributed to her husband Gregorio Martínez Sierra. It exists in three versions as well as a ...

'' was also nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar and was entered into the

5th Moscow International Film Festival The 5th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1967. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film '' The Journalist'', directed by Sergei Gerasimov and the Hungarian film ''Father'', directed by István Szabó. The fe ...

Selected filmography

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'' (1952) *''

Hay un camino a la derecha ''There's a Road on the Right'' (Spanish: ''Hay un camino a la derecha'') is a 1953 Spanish drama film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta and starring Francisco Rabal, Julia Martínez and Carlos Otero Carlos Otero (1916–1979) was a Portugue ...

'' (1953) * ''

Eleven Pairs of Boots ''Eleven Pairs of Boots'' (Spanish: ''Once pares de botas'') is a 1954 Spanish comedy film, comedy sports film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta and starring José Suárez (actor), José Suárez, Mari Carmen Pardo and Elisa Montés.Bentley p.128 ...

'' (1954) * ''

Andalusia Express ''Andalusia Express'' (Italian:''Il mondo sarà nostro'', Spanish:''El expreso de Andalucía'') is a 1956 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta and starring Jorge Mistral, Marisa de Leza and Mara Berni. Synopsis A form ...

'' (1956) *'' Familia provisional'' (1958) * '' The Big Show'' (1960) *'' Los Atracadores'' (1962) *'' Los Tarantos'' (1963) *'' La dama del alba'' (1966) *''

'' (1967)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rovira Beleta, Francisco 1913 births 1999 deaths People from Barcelona Spanish male writers Male screenwriters Spanish film directors 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 20th-century Spanish male writers