Francisco Rovira Beleta

Francisco Rovira Beleta was born in Barcelona. He began studying architecture and made films as an amateur, then took his law degree in 1942 and devoted himself to cinema. He directed his first feature film in 1948 and made a series of film noirs in Barcelona. He founded his own production company in 1963 and became the first Spanish director nominated twice for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. He received the gold medal of the Spanish film academy and died in his home town in 1999.

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• CinemaLos TarantosFrancisco Rovira Beleta · 1963Cinema