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Biography
Juan Antonio Bardem (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwam baɾˈðen]; 2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish film director and screen writer. He was a member of the Communist Party. Bardem was best known for Muerte de un ciclista (1955) which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, and El puente (1977) which won the Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1979 film Seven Days in January won the Golden Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1993 he was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1953 he and Luis García Berlanga founded a film magazine, Objetivo, which existed until 1956. Bardem is the uncle of actor Javier Bardem.
Filmography
Director
- Esa pareja feliz (1951)
- Cómicos (1954)
- Felices pascuas (1954)
- Death of a Cyclist (1955)
- Calle Mayor (1956)
- Vengeance (1957)
- Sonatas (1959)
- At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon (1961)
- Los inocentes (1963)
- Nunca pasa nada (1963)
- Los pianos mecánicos (1965)
- El último día de la guerra (1968)
- Variety (1971)
- La corrupción de Chris Miller (1973)
- La Isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo (1973) (TV miniseries)
- El puente (1977)
- El Perro (1977)
- Siete días de enero (1979)
- Lorca, muerte de un poeta (1987) (TV miniseries)
- El joven Picasso (1993)
- Resultado final (1997)
Screenwriter
- Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
- Don Juan (1956)
- A Bell from Hell (1973)