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José Luis Cuerda
Cuerda in 2017
Born	José Luis Cuerda Martínez (1947-02-18)18 February 1947 Albacete, Spain
Died	4 February 2020(2020-02-04) (aged 72) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	1982–2018

José Luis Cuerda Martínez (18 February 1947 – 4 February 2020) was a Spanish filmmaker. He is nationally recognised and considered to be amongst the greatest and most influential Spanish directors of all time, having made such critically successful and culturally significant films as The Enchanted Forest (1987), Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing (1989) and Butterfly's Tongue (1999). His films won four Goya Awards over the course of his career: Best Film and Best Original Screenplay for The Enchanted Forest, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Butterfly's Tongue and The Blind Sunflowers (2008).

Filmography

Film

Acting roles

Producer only

• Thesis (1996) (Executive Producer, Producer)
• Open Your Eyes (1997) (Producer)
• The Others (2001) (Producer)

Documentary

• ¡Hay motivo! (2004) (Segment: "Por el mar corre la liebre")
• Ribeiros do Avia (2010)

Television

References

1. Meseguer, Astrid (4 February 2020). "Muere José Luis Cuerda, maestro del humor absurdo, a los 72 años". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2020.

External links

• José Luis Cuerda at IMDb

• 1947 births
• 2020 deaths
• People from Albacete
• Spanish film directors
• Film directors from Castilla–La Mancha
• Spanish male screenwriters
• Spanish film producers
• Deaths from embolism
• 20th-century Spanish screenwriters
• 20th-century Spanish male writers
• 21st-century Spanish screenwriters