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Rafael Gil

Film director, screenwriter (1913-1986) · Spain · On the map · Directors · Died at 73

Rafael Gil was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film I Was a Parish Priest (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

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1986Died10 September 19861980...And the Third Year, He ResuscitatedFilm, Director1975Novios de la muerteFilm, Director, Writer1968El marino de los puños de oroFilm, Director1966Camino del RocíoFilm, Director1962Queen of the ChanteclerFilm, Director1959College Boarding HouseFilm, Director1956La gran mentiraFilm, Director1954Murió hace quince añosFilm, Director1951La señora de FátimaFilm, Director1949An Ordinary WomanFilm, Director, Writer1947Don QuixoteFilm, Director, Writer1944The NailFilm, Director, Writer1942El hombre que se quiso matarFilm, Director1913Born22 May 1913

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His film La noche del sábado (1950) was nominated for the Gold Lion at the 1950 Venice Film Festival and his film El beso de Judas (1954) was also nominated for the Gold Lion at the 1954 festival in Venice. His film Let's Make the Impossible! (1958) was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. He has won nine prizes of the National Syndicate of Spectacle of Spain.

Country
Spain
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1986 · aged 73

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In the same film or series as Rafael

Jorge NegreteAlso in Teatro Apolo (1950)Soledad MirandaAlso in Currito de la Cruz (1965)Amparo RivellesAlso in Eloísa está debajo de un almendro (1943)Charo LópezAlso in De camisa vieja a chaqueta nueva (1982)