Mario Camus

Director and writer · Died September 18, 2021, aged 86 · Santander, Cantabria, España

Camus started studying Law, but soon left his studies to enter the IIEC (now EOC) in 1956, where he got a director's diploma in 1963 with the training film El borracho (1962) and, finally, ended up as a professor. He worked with Carlos Saura in several screenplays during the early 60s (The Delinquents (1960), Llanto por un bandido (1964)), and also directed some shorts. His first feature films were Los farsantes (1963) and Young Sánchez (1964), a film about boxing -one of his passions- which won the Best Film Award at the Buenos Aires Film Festival in 1964. This way he started a three decade filmography full of great works, varying from romantic comedies and musicals to splendid adaptations from famous novels, as is the case of the prestigious TV series Fortunata y Jacinta (1980) or the film La colmena (1982), which won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. In 1983 he was given the 'Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes' (Arts Gold Medal), and one year later he prepared his most successful work both with public and critic: The Holy Innocents (1984), an adaptation from the novel by Miguel Delibes. This film won the Best Actor Award for Francisco Rabal and Alfredo Landa (ex- aequo) at the Cannes Film Festival. It also won the 'Premio Nacional de Cinematografía' (National Cinematography Award) in 1985 and the 'Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts des Lettres' Award in 1986. Camus's filmography combines films made with others with a more personal style, where he tells stories closer to him that let him go through less worn themes. That is the case of Con el viento solano (1966), Los pájaros de Baden-Baden (1975) or Los días del pasado (1977). In the 90s he continued working with great actors and telling dramatic stories made up from complex characters living rebel or broken lives, or entering other genres like noir. Examples of this stage are La rusa (1987), Después del sueño (1992), Sombras en una batalla (1993) and Adosados (1996), a film which won the International Critic Award. He was married to Concha Bergareche from 1961 - 2016, date of her death. They had 7 children. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Miguel Ángel Díaz González

Biography from TMDB.

Born: April 19, 1935
Died: September 18, 2021 (aged 86)
From: Santander, Cantabria, España
Works as: Director and writer
Titles: 2 on MovieCove · 55 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 51% in 30 days

Where can I watch Mario Camus' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 2 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Tubi (1).

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- The Wind's Fierce (1970) · director, writer · free

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Filmography

55 credits, 2 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Mañana podría estar muerto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Actor
El prado de las estrellas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Director · Writer
Roma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Screenplay
La playa de los galgos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Director · Screenplay
City of Wonders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Director · Writer
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Director · Writer
La vuelta del Coyote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Director · Screenplay
El Coyote: El tribunal del Coyote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Director · Writer
The Color of the Clouds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Director · Screenplay · Story
Más allá del jardín (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Writer
Suburbs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Director
Self Esteem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Director · Writer
Shadows in a Conflict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Director · Writer
Paco, mi padre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Actor
After the Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Director · Writer
Prince of Shadows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Writer
La Femme et le Pantin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Director
La Forja de un Rebelde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer
Lorca: Death of a Poet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Show 6 episodes · Writer
La rusa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Director
The House of Bernarda Alba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Director · Screenplay
Werther(1986)
Screenplay
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Marbella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Writer
La vieja música (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Director · Writer
Bohemian Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Screenplay
The Holy Innocents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Director · Writer
Crooks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Story
Los desastres de la guerra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Show 6 episodes · Director
The Beehive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Director
Fortunata and Jacinta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Show 10 episodes · Director · Creator · Screenplay
Los días del pasado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Director · Writer
Curro Jiménez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Show 10 episodes · Director
La joven casada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Director
The Birds of Baden-Baden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Director
Los camioneros (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Show 1 episode · Director · Creator
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Director
Canticle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Writer
The Wind's Fierce(1970)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Esa mujer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Director
Let Them Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Director
Volver a vivir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Director · Screenplay
Al ponerse el sol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Director
With the East Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Director · Writer
When You Are Not Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Director · Writer
La visita que no tocó el timbre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Director · Screenplay
Weeping for a Bandit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Writer
Young Sánchez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Director
Muere una mujer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Director · Writer
La suerte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Director · Writer
Los farsantes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Director · Writer
The Drunkard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Director · Screenplay · Story · Writer
La espera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Director
La visita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Director · Screenplay
The Delinquents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Screenplay
Práctica de 2º curso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Director · Screenplay

Career shape

Highest rated

The Wind's Fierce (1970)

Midcredits 25^th