César Fernández Ardavín

Film director, Screenwriter
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFilm director, Screenwriter
PlacesSpain
wasFilm director Screenwriter Film producer
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth22 July 1923, Madrid
Death7 September 2012Boadilla del Monte (aged 89 years)
Star signCancer
The details

Biography

César Fernández Ardavín (22 July 1923 – 7 September 2012) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 44 films between 1952 and 1979. His 1959 film El Lazarillo de Tormes won the Golden Bear at the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1969 film The Wanton of Spain was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.
He was the nephew of the director Eusebio Fernández Ardavín and began his career working for him.

Selected filmography

  • Neutrality (1949)
  • The Call of Africa (1952)
  • An Impossible Crime (1954)
  • The Cat (1956)
  • El Lazarillo de Tormes (1959)
  • The Wanton of Spain (1969)

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