Carlos Saura
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Carlos Saura Net Worth

Carlos Saura was born in 1932 in Huesca, Aragón, Spain. His mother, a pianist, and his brother, a painter, instilled in him a love of music and art. As a teenager, he began practicing photography and making short films with a 16 mm camera. He moved to Madrid to pursue a career in Industrial Engineering, but his passion for photography, cinema, and journalism led him to the Instituto de Investigaciones y Estudios Cinematográficos and the Escuela de Periodismo. In 1957, he received his director's diploma and began teaching until he was removed from the school in 1963 due to censorship. His first feature film, Golfos, Los (1962), was a Spanish Neo-Realism film about juvenile delinquency in Madrid's poor quarters. Saura has won numerous awards, including the Silver Bear in the Berlin Festival for La caza (1966) and Peppermint Frappé (1967), the Special Jury Award in Cannes for La prima Angélica (1974) and Cría cuervos (1976), and two Goya awards in 1990 for best adapted screenplay and best director.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Writer, Director, Actor
Birth Day January 04, 1932
Birth Place  Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Spain
Age 91 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aquarius
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, photographer
Years active 1955–present
Notable work Los Golfos La Caza Peppermint Frappé La Madriguera La Prima Angélica Cría Cuervos Elisa, Vida Mía Deprisa, Deprisa Carmen Tango Goya in Bordeaux
Relatives Antonio Saura (brother)

💰 Net worth

Carlos Saura, a renowned writer, director, and actor hailing from Spain, is reported to have an estimated net worth ranging from $100K to $1M in the year 2024. Saura has made a significant impact on the Spanish film industry with his exceptional contributions to both behind and in front of the camera. Over the years, he has garnered critical acclaim and international recognition for his artistic talents, particularly in his mesmerizing storytelling and unique visual aesthetics. With such a remarkable legacy, it comes as no surprise that Carlos Saura has achieved a commendable level of financial success throughout his illustrious career.

Biography/Timeline

1932

Saura was born in Huesca, Aragón, Spain on 4 January 1932. His father, Antonio Saura Pacheco, who came from Murcia, was an attorney and civil servant. His mother, Fermina Atares Torrente, was a concert Pianist. The second of their four children, Carlos had two younger sisters, Pilar and Angeles, and an older brother, Antonio Saura, who became a well known abstract expressionist Painter. From their parents, the four siblings received a liberal understanding education. Because his father was working for the Ministry of the Interior, the Saura family moved to Barcelona, Valencia and in 1953 to Madrid. Saura’s childhood was marked by the Spanish Civil War, during which Franco and his allies rebelled against the established republican government. Saura has vivid recollection of his childhood during the war, some of them later evoked in his films – the games he played, and the songs he sang, as well as darker memories of bombing and hunger, blood and death. He was taught to read by a priest – a relative whom his parents sheltered from anticlerical extremists. At the war’s end, Saura was separated from his parents and sent back to live with his maternal grandmother and aunts in Huesca. He described these relatives as “right wings and very religious” who imposed in the child the very antithesis of the kind of liberal education he had received in the republican zone.

1955

Saura began his career in 1955 making documentaries shorts. He quickly gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960. Although he started filming as a neorealist, Saura quickly switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolisms in order to get around the Spanish censors. In 1966, he was thrust into the international spotlight when his film La Caza won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the following years, he forged an international reputation for his cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual responses to repressive political conditions.

1957

In 1957-1958, Saura created his first film (Cuenca). In 1962 his film Los Golfos was recognized for its strong sociological impact in the betterment of the Spanish youth by tackling Juvenile delinquency in Madrid's poorest districts. Four years later (1966), he was honored at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival, where he received the Silver Bear for Best Director for his film La caza. In 1967, his film Peppermint Frappé also received the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. He won the Golden Bear in 1981 at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival for his film Deprisa, Deprisa.

1970

By the 1970s, Saura was the best known filmmaker working in Spain. His films employed complex narrative devices and were frequently controversial. He won Special Jury Awards for La Prima Angélica (1973) and Cría Cuervos (1975) in Cannes; and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomination in 1979 for Mama Cumple 100 Años.

1973

The films La prima Angélica (Cousin Angélica) of 1973 and Cría cuervos (Raising Ravens [from the Spanish phrase: Cria cuervos y te sacaran los ojos (Raise ravens and they will peck out your eyes)]) of 1975 received the special prize of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. His film Mama cumple 100 años (Mom is celebrating her 100 years) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1980 Academy Awards.

1974

Between those two marriages, Saura had at least one known son, Shane (b. 1974), with the Actress Geraldine Chaplin.He is also the father of a daughter named Ana (b. December 1994) from his third marriage to Actress Eulalia Ramón.

1980

Saura later become known for movies featuring flamenco and other traditional dances. His Flamenco Trilogy of the 1980s includes Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding), Carmen, and El amor brujo featuring the work of Spanish flamenco Dancer Cristina Hoyos. He later made the movies Flamenco (1995), Tango (1998), and Fados (2007).

1982

Carlos Saura was married three times. He first married Adela Medrano in Barcelona in 1957. They had two sons, Carlos (b. 1958) and Antonio (b. 1960). On 27 December 1982 he married Mercedes Pérez. They had three sons, Manuel (b. 1980), Adrián (b. 1984) and Diego (b. 1987).

1989

His 1989 film La noche oscura was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.

1990

In 1990, he received the Goya Award for the best Director and best script for ¡Ay, Carmela!. He was chosen as Director for the official film of the 1992 Olympic Games of Barcelona, Marathon (1993).

2001

Saura considers his film on surrealist master Luis Buñuel to be his best cinematic work. In an interview to an online film magazine, he says about Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (Buñuel and the table of King Solomon -2001): “That’s the greatest film I’ve ever made. I like the film but nobody else seems to like it. I’m sure Buñuel would have loved this film. But perhaps only he would have loved it. Everything you see in the film is actually based on conversations I had with him.”

2008

In 2008, Carlos Saura was honoured with a Global Life Time Achievement Award at the 10th Mumbai International Film Festival, organized by the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.

2013

In 2013, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala.

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