Mario Camus

Camus started studying Law but soon left his studies to enter the IIEC now EOC in 1956 where he got a directors diploma in 1963 with the training film El borracho 1962 and finally ended up as a professor He worked with Carlos Saura in several screenplays during the early 60s The Delinquents 1960 Llanto por un bandido 1964 and also directed some shorts His first feature films were Los farsantes 1963 and Young Sánchez 1964 a film about boxing one of his passions which won the Best Film Award at the Buenos Aires Film Festival in 1964 This way he started a three decade filmography full of great works varying from romantic comedies and musicals to splendid adaptations from famous novels as is the case of the prestigious TV series Fortunata y Jacinta 1980 or the film La colmena 1982 which won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival In 1983 he was given the Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes Arts Gold Medal and one year later he prepared his most successful work both with public and critic The Holy Innocents 1984 an adaptation from the novel by Miguel Delibes This film won the Best Actor Award for Francisco Rabal and Alfredo Landa ex aequo at the Cannes Film Festival It also won the Premio Nacional de Cinematografía National Cinematography Award in 1985 and the Chevalier de lOrdre des Arts des Lettres Award in 1986 Camuss filmography combines films made with others with a more personal style where he tells stories closer to him that let him go through less worn themes That is the case of Con el viento solano 1966 Los pájaros de BadenBaden 1975 or Los días del pasado 1977 In the 90s he continued working with great actors and telling dramatic stories made up from complex characters living rebel or broken lives or entering other genres like noir Examples of this stage are La rusa 1987 Después del sueño 1992 Sombras en una batalla 1993 and Adosados 1996 a film which won the International Critic Award He was married to Concha Bergareche from 1961 2016 date of her death They had 7 children IMDb Mini Biography By Miguel Ángel Díaz González