Born in Salamanca in 1941, José Luis García Sánchez studied film in Madrid and is known for satirical comedies of Spain's late Franco and early democratic years, often working with the writer Rafael Azcona. Las truchas (The Trout, 1978), a darkly comic story of a board meeting of an industrial group in a mountain lodge, won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 1978. He also directed Divinas palabras (1987) and Pasodoble (1988).
Filmography
- The Trout (1978)
- Las verdes praderas (1979)
- Divinas palabras (1987)