Mario Camus, the acclaimed Spanish author-director on the support of La colmena, Young Sánchez, The Holy Innocents and more, died in his build of beginning of Santander on September 18. He was as soon as 86.
Spain’s Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, the organization on the support of the Goya Awards, confirmed the news with a put up printed on Saturday to their legitimate Instagram page. “Filmmaker Mario Camus dies in Santander,” a spokesperson wrote in Spanish. “Author of classics of our cinema equivalent to The Holy Innocents, The Beehive, The Days of the Past or That Lady.”
Born on April 20, 1935, Camus was as soon as creatively active for a minimal of 45 years, and directed 30 movies, beginning with 1963’s Los farsantes. He claimed the Berlin Movie Competition’s Golden Undergo statuette for Wonderful Movie with his 1983 operate La Colmena, alongside side Cannes’ Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for 1984’s The Holy Innocents (Spanish title: Los santos inocentes). The director furthermore earned the Goya Award for Wonderful Fashioned Screenplay for his 1993 film Sombras en una batalla, and was as soon as met with the Spanish Academy’s lifetime achievement award support in 2011.
Camus is furthermore known for movies alongside side Young Sánchez, La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea, The Condominium of Bernarda Alba and La ciudad de los prodigios, amongst others, his final effort being 2007’s El prado de las estrellas. In his profession, he furthermore set out TV series equivalent to Curro Jiménez, Fortunata y Jacinta, Los desastres de la guerra, and La forja de un rebelde.
Plans for a memorial in finding not yet been revealed.
