Mario Camus
Mario Camus ( born April 20, 1935 in Santander, Cantabria ) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
Biography
He broke in 1956 from a law school to study film. He completed his film studies in 1963. His diploma thesis was the short film El Borracho. In the 60s he wrote screenplays for the films The street boys and Cordoba, which were directed by Carlos Saura, and introduced himself directed some short films.
His first feature films were the drama Los Farsantes and Young Sánchez about the life of a boxer. They were both created in 1963. Sánchez Young first brought him accolades, including an award at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata. In the following years he remained loyal to any particular genre, but created both romantic comedies and musicals as well as literary adaptations. For The Beehive, a work based on the novel by Camilo José Cela social drama with Victoria Abril in the lead role, he was awarded the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 1983. Moreover, he was four times for the Goya as well as for his film Los santos inocentes at the International Film Festival Cannes nominated. For the script to Sombras en una batalla (1993 ) he won the Goya. The beach of the wild dogs from the 2002 's about a simple baker who goes in search of his brother, a submerged terrorists.
Mario Camus is counted alongside Carlos Saura, Basilio Martín Patino, Jose Luis Borau, Julio Diamante, Miguel Picazo and Manolo Summers at the forefront of the "New Spanish Cinema" ( Nuevo Cine Español).