Topic summary
Spanish cinema
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Cinema of Spain.
New Spanish Cinema
In 1962, José María García Escudero became the Director General of Cinematography and Theatre, propelling forward state efforts and the Official Cinema School, from which emerged the majority of new directors, generally from the political left and those opposed to the Franco government. Among these were Mario Camus, Miguel Picazo, Francisco Regueiro, Manuel Summers, and, above all, Carlos Saura. Apart from this line of directors, Fernando Fernán Gómez made El extraño viaje (1964) and Life Goes On (1965), Víctor EriceThe Spirit of the Beehive (1973), and Jaime de ArmiñanMy Dearest Senorita (1971).