José María Elorrieta (1921–1974) was a 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.
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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, p ...
. He wrote or directed a number of
Spaghetti Westerns
The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...
.
[Weisser p.168]
Selected filmography
Director
* ''
María Dolores'' (1953)
* ''
Flame Over Vietnam
''Flame Over Vietnam'' Original title: Una cruz en el infierno is a 1957 Spanish film directed by José María Elorrieta
José María Elorrieta (1921–1974) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He wrote or directed a number of Spag ...
'' (1957)
* ''
The Fan'' (1958)
* ''
The Showgirl
''The Showgirl'' (Spanish: ''La corista'') is a 1960 Spanish musical film directed by José María Elorrieta and starring Marujita Díaz, Espartaco Santoni and Luis Sánchez Polack.Crusells p.222
Cast
* Marujita Díaz as Marieta
* Esparta ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Today's Melodies'' (1960)
* ''
The University Chorus
''The University Chorus'' (Spanish: ''Pasa la tuna'') is a 1960 Spanish musical film directed by José María Elorrieta.Bentley p.142
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 200 ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Apache Fury
''Apache Fury'' ( es, El hombre de la diligencia, link=no meaning "man of the stage", it, La furia degli Apache) is a 1964 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western directed and co-written by José María Elorrieta. It was based on a novel by Eduardo Gu ...
'' (1964)
* ''
Fuerte perdido
''Fuerte perdido'' or ''Asalto a fuerte apache'' () is a 1965 Spanish western film directed by José María Elorrieta and starred by Germán Cobos, Mariano Vidal and Marta May. The story was written by Fred Uratia.
Cast
* Germán Cobos as Pa ...
'' (1965)
* ''
The Treasure of Makuba'' (1967) - as Joe Lacy
* ''
A Witch Without a Broom'' (1967) - as Joe Lacy
* ''
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa'' (1967)
* ''
The Emerald of Artatama'' (1969)
Screenwriter
* ''
Devil's Roundup
''Devil's Roundup'' (Spanish:''El cerco del diablo'') is a 1952 Spanish drama film directed by Antonio del Amo, Enrique Gómez, Edgar Neville, José Antonio Nieves Conde and Arturo Ruiz Castillo.Betz p.248
Cast
* Fernando Aguirre as Pescador ...
'' (1952)
References
Bibliography
* Thomas Weisser. ''Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977''. McFarland, 2005.
External links
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1921 births
1974 deaths
Spanish film directors
Spanish male screenwriters
People from Madrid
20th-century Spanish screenwriters
20th-century Spanish male writers
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