José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Director
Biography
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Spanish filmmaker, was born on April 10, 1911 in Madrid.
He debuted as a filmmaker with Patricio miró una estrella (1935), later signed La hija de Juan Simón (id), and ¿Quién me quiere a mí? (1936), under the orders of Luis Buñuel, who saved his life during the Civil War.
Very important in Franco's cinema, he became the official filmmaker of the regime; he made Raza, 1941, El escándalo, 1943, El destino se disculpa, 1945, Bambú, id., Mariona Rebull, 1947), La mies es mucha, 1949, Don Juan, 1950, Historias de la radio, 1955, Franco, ese hombre, 1964, La verbena de la paloma, 1963; Historias de la televisión, 1965.
Filmography
Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella
1974
Buñuel
as Self 1984
Don Quintín, el amargao
1935
La gran mentira
as Self (uncredited) 1956
El grano de mostaza
as Presentador de la historia (uncredited) 1962
La boda o la vida
1974
Diez fusiles esperan
as (uncredited) 1959