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Carlos Saura (b. 1932) was a professional photographer before turning to filmmaking in the mid-fifties. In 1957 he finished studying and got the director diploma. At the same time, he finished his end-of-career short film "La tarde del domingo" (1957). Generally acknowledged as Spain’s leading director of the last four decades, many of his films have won numerous major prizes at international film festivals since the sixties. On January 4th 2022 the director is celebrating his 90th birthday. Carlos Saura is this year’s laureate of PÖFF Lifetime Achievement Award.
Selected: Llanto por un bandido (Weeping for a Bandit, 1964), Le Jardin de las delicias (The Garden of Delights, 1970), Ana y los lobos (Anna and the Wolves, 1973), Dulces horas (Sweet Hours, 1982), Antonieta (1982), Carmen (1983), Ay, Carmela! (1990), Sevillanas (1992), Tango (1998), Goya (Goya in Bordeaux, 1999), Bunuel y la mess del rey Salomon (Bunuel ja kuningas Saalomoni laud, PÖFF 2001), Salomé (2002), Fados (2007, PÖFF 2008), Io, Don Giovanni (Mina, Don Giovanni, PÖFF 2009), Flamenco Flamenco (2010), Jota de Saura (2016), El rey de todo el mundo (The King of All the World 2021)