Ricardo Franco (24 May 1949 in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...
– 20 May 1998 in Madrid) was a Spanish
screenwriter and
film director.
Biography
Nephew of
Jesús Franco
Jesús Franco Manera (12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a prolific director of low-budget exploitation and B-movies. In a career spanning from 1959 to 2013, he wrote, directed, produced, act ...
. He died at 49 years old when he filmed ''
Lágrimas negras''.
He wrote lyrics for pop songs for
Tam Tam Go!, "Manuel Raquel" hit for example. "Loco de amor" played
Café Quijano was written by Franco too.
Filmography
as film director
*''
Gospel, el monstruo'' (1969).
*''
El desastre de Annual'' (1970).
*''
El increíble aumento de la vida'' (1974).
*''
Pascual Duarte
''Pascual Duarte'' is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Ricardo Franco. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where José Luis Gómez (actor), José Luis Gómez won the award for Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Act ...
'' (1975).
*''
Los restos del naufragio'' (1978).
*''
Disa, cincuenta aniversario'' (1983).
*''
Gringo mojado'' (1984).
*''
El sueño de Tánger'' (1985).
*''
Berlín Blues'' (1988).
*''La mujer de tu vida'' (1988) (TV episode).
*''Crónicas del mal'' (1991) (TV).
*''
La canción del condenado'' (1991).
*''
¡Oh, cielos!" (1993).
*''
Después de tantos años'' (1994) (documentary)
*''
La buena estrella'' (1997).
*''
Lágrimas negras'' (1998).
as screenwriter
*''Adiós, pequeña'' (
Imanol Uribe
Imanol Uribe (born 28 February 1950) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He won the Goya Award for Best Director and Best Screenplay for the 1994 thriller '' Running Out of Time''.
Biography
Born in San Salvador on 28 February 1950 ...
, 1986).
*''Berlín Blues'' (1988).
*''
Sangre y arena
Sangre may refer to:
* Sangre, a fictional Earth-like planet in the science fiction novel ''The Men in the Jungle'' by Norman Spinrad
* Sangre (comics), the de facto leader of the Marvel Comics supervillain group Children of the Vault
*''Sangre (fi ...
'' (
Javier Elorrieta, 1989).
*''Tu nombre envenena mis sueños'' (
Pilar Miró
Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero (20 April 1940 in Madrid – 19 October 1997 in Madrid) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. She was the General Director of RTVE from 1986 to 1989. In the 1990s, she directed the television broadcasts of th ...
, 1996).
*''La buena estrella'' (1997).
*''Lágrimas negras'' (1998).
as actor
*''Amo tu cama, rica'' (
Emilio Gutiérrez Lázaro, 1970).
*''Los restos del naufragio'' (1977).
*''
Travelling Companion'' (1979)
*''
Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón'' (
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...
, 1980).
*''La madre'' (
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 ...
, 1995).
External links
Ricardo Franco at Internet Movie Database
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Spanish male screenwriters
Spanish film directors
1949 births
1998 deaths
Best Director Goya Award winners
20th-century Spanish screenwriters
20th-century Spanish male writers