Carlos Saura Atarés was a multiple award-winning Spanish film director, photographer and writer who was considered to be one of Spain's most renowned filmmakers known for his allegorically veiled attacks on the Franco regime in works such as The Hunt (1966), The Garden of Delights (1970) and Ana and the Wolves (1973). Regardless of having studied civil engineering, Atarés pursued a career in the film industry on the advice of his brother Antonio Saura. He began his career in 1955 making document... moreCarlos Saura Atarés was a multiple award-winning Spanish film director, photographer and writer who was considered to be one of Spain's most renowned filmmakers known for his allegorically veiled attacks on the Franco regime in works such as The Hunt (1966), The Garden of Delights (1970) and Ana and the Wolves (1973). Regardless of having studied civil engineering, Atarés pursued a career in the film industry on the advice of his brother Antonio Saura. He began his career in 1955 making documentary shorts but soon progressed to making films with his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960, a film that gained him recognition with the masses. His 1960s and ’70s films were encoded with metaphors and symbolism challenging myths of national identity under the fascist dictator Francisco Franco. The 1966 film The Hunt won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and this increased his popularity. He went on to have a career spanning more than six decades and making more than 50 films winning a lot of national and international awards. He was also an avid photographer and his photographs were exhibited several times.
