
José Luis Garci is a Spanish director, producer, film critic, TV presenter, screenwriter and author. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Begin the Beguine (1982). Four of his films, including also Sesión continua (1984), Asignatura aprobada (1987) and El abuelo (1998), have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, more than any other Spanish director. His films are characterized for his classical style and the underlying sentimentality of their plots.

Operación Palace
2014 · as Himself

Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
2025 · as Self

Vida conyugal sana
1974 · as Oficinista (uncredited)

Cradle Song
1994 · as (uncredited)

Viva la clase media
1980 · as Antonio 'Vladimiro' Flanagan

The Night of the Sunflowers
2006 · as Himself - Radio Host (voice) (uncredited)

Miguel Velázquez. El catedrático del ring
2025 · as Self

Summers el rebelde
2024

Olea… ¡Más alto!
2020 · as Self - Filmmaker

La noche de los cien pájaros
1976

El crack dos
1983 · as Minor Role (uncredited)

Enrique Herreros
2011 · as Self - Filmmaker

Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood
2024