Ricardo Franco
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Ricardo Franco was a Spanish screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

 and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

.

Biography

Nephew of Jesús Franco
Jesús Franco
Jesús "Jess" Franco is a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England...

. He died at 49 years old when he filmed Lágrimas negras.
He wrote lyrics for pop songs for Tam Tam Go!, "Manuel Raquel" hit for example. "Loco de amor" played Café Quijano
Café Quijano
Café Quijano is a Spanish pop band formed by three brothers, Manuel, Óscar and Raúl Quijano, all of whom are singers. The brothers are originally from León, along with their father, who ran a musical pub called "la Lola" in the city center, which gave name to one of their most well-known songs...

 was written by Franco too.

as Film Director

  • Gospel, el monstruo (1969).
  • El desastre de Annual (1970).
  • El increíble aumento de la vida (1974).
  • Pascual Duarte
    Pascual Duarte
    Pascual Duarte is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Ricardo Franco. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where José Luis Gómez won the award for Best Actor...

     (1975).
  • Los restos del naufragio (1978).
  • Disa, cincuenta aniversario (1983).
  • Gringo mojado (1984).
  • El sueño de Tánger (1985).
  • Berlín Blues (1988).
  • La mujer de tu vida (1988) (tv episode).
  • Crónicas del mal (1991) (tv).
  • La canción del condenado (1991).
  • ¡Oh, cielos!" (1993).
  • Después de tantos años (1994) (documentary)
  • La buena estrella
    La Buena Estrella
    La Buena Estrella is a 1997 Spanish film directed by Ricardo Franco and starring Antonio Resines, Jordi Mollá and Maribel Verdú. Critically acclaimed, the film won five Goya Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor , Best Original script and Best Original Music...

     (1997).
  • Lágrimas negras (1998).

as screenwriter

  • Adiós, pequeña (Imanol Uribe
    Imanol Uribe
    Imanol Uribe is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director.He was born in San Salvador, and is of Basque ancestry. Uribe was married to María Barranco...

    , 1986).
  • Berlín Blues (1988).
  • Sangre y arena
    Blood and Sand (1989 film)
    Blood and Sand is a 1989 Spanish drama film directed by Javier Elorrieta and starring Chris Rydell, Sharon Stone, and Ana Torrent. It was based on the novel Blood and Sand of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which had been made three times before in 1916, 1922 and 1941.-See also:* Blood and Sand Blood and...

     (Javier Elorrieta, 1989).
  • Tu nombre envenena mis sueños (Pilar Miró
    Pilar Miró
    Pilar Miró was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.She directed TVE from 1986 to 1989, and in the 90's, the weddings of the daughters of King Juan Carlos I. In 1992, her film Beltenebros won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 42nd Berlin International Film...

    , 1996).
  • La buena estrella (1997).
  • Lágrimas negras (1998).

as actor

  • Amo tu cama, rica (Emilio Gutiérrez Lázaro, 1970).
  • Los restos del naufragio (1977).
  • Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón
    Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón
    Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón is a 1980 Spanish film, a campy comedy, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Carmen Maura, Alaska and Eva Siva...

     (Pedro Almodóvar
    Pedro Almodóvar
    Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

    , 1980).
  • La madre (Miguel Bardem, 1995).

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