Vicente Aranda is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer born in Barcelona on 9 November 1926. The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Producer may refer to: Theatrical producer Film producer Television producer Radio producer Online producer Executive producer, supervises one or more producers Record producer, or music producer, in the music industry Game producer, in the computer game industry. ... Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia (Spain). ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Since very young he had a number of different jobs in his home town until he emmigrated to Venezuela in 1949 where he worked for American companies and reached a technical management position. He went back to Spain in 1956. Emigration is the act and the phenomenon of leaving ones native country to settle abroad. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He tried to enter the School of Cinema in Madrid but since he never graduated from high school he could not apply. He moved to Barcelona and after several failed attempts he made his directing debut in 1964 with Brillante Porvenir (Brilliant Future) and Fata Morgana. Both films are inscribed in the Escuela de Barcelona film avant garde movement. Madrid is the capital and largest city in Spain, as well as in the province and the autonomous community of the same name. ... High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Fountain by Marcel Duchamp (signed as R. Mutt. 1917 Avant-garde in French means front guard, advance guard, or vanguard. ...

Afterwards he approached more commercial genres, mixed with fantasy and eroticism in his movies Las Crueles (The Cruel Ones), La Novia Ensangrentada (The Blood Spattered Bride), Clara es el precio (Clara is the Price) and especially Cambio de Sexo (Change of Sex). A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art, literature, film, television, and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, setting, or all three. ... Eroticism is an aesthetic focused on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. ...

After the 70's he adapted several books for the screen: La muchacha de las bragas de oro (Girl with the Golden Panties), Si te dicen que caí (If They Tell You I Fell), and El Amante Bilingüe (The Bilingual Lover) by Juan Marsé; Tiempo de Silencio (Time of Silence) by Luis Martín-Santos; Carmen by Prosper Merimée; La Mirada del Otro (The Naked Eye) by Fernando G. Delgado; La Pasión Turca (The Turkish Passion) by Antonio Gala; Fanny Pelopaja by Andreu Martín and Asesinato en el Comité Central (Murder in the Central Committee) by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. Juan Marsé is a Spanish novelist, journalist and screenwriter, born in Barcelona on January 8, 1933 as Juan Faneca. ... Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (September 28, 1803–September 23, 1870) was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. ... Antonio Gala is a Spanish poet, playwright, novelist and writer, born in Brazatortas, Ciudad Real (Castile-La Mancha) on 2 October 1936, although he moved very soon to Córdoba and is widely considered an Andalusian. ... Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (June 14, 1939 - October 18, 2003) was a Spanish journalist, poet and novelist, mainly known for his novels featuring Pepe Carvalho, a Barcelona private investigator of Galician origin. ...

Another source of inspiration for Aranda are true stories and historic characters. Within the first type are Amantes (Lovers), Intruso (Intruder), Celos (Jealousy), El Lute, camina o revienta and El Lute, mañana seré libre (El Lute I and II). Within the second one, Juana La Loca (Madness of Joan) and Tirant Lo Blanc, in post-production.

He has also directed movies for television, El crimen del Capitán Sánchez (The Crime of Captain Sanchez) and Los Jinetes del Alba (Riders of the Dawn).

Movies in chronological order

Tirant lo Blanc (2006) Carmen (2003) Juana la Loca (2001) Celos (1999) La mirada del otro (1998) Libertarias (1996) Lumière et compagnie (1996) La pasión turca (1994) Intruso (1993) El amante bilingüe (1993) Amantes (1991) Los Jinetes del alba (1990) Si te dicen que caí (1989) El Lute II: mañana seré libre (1988) El Lute: camina o revienta (1987) Tiempo de silencio (1986) Fanny Pelopaja (1984) La huella del crimen: El crimen del Capitán Sánchez (1984) Asesinato en el Comité Central (1982) La muchacha de las bragas de oro (1980) Cambio de sexo (1977) Clara es el precio (1975) The Most Beautiful Animal in the World (1974) La novia ensangrentada (1972) Las crueles (1969) Brillante porvenir (1965) Fata Morgana (1965) A page from the beginning of the 1491 edition (The green coloring is not in the original). ... Joanna (Spanish: Juana) (November 6, 1479 - April 11, 1555), called the Mad (la Loca), queen of Castile and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was the second daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, king and queen of Spain, and was born at Toledo on November 6, 1479. ...

External links

• Vicente Aranda at IMDB