Fernando Fernán Gómez

Infobox Actor
name = Fernando Fernán-Gómez


image_size = 200px
birthdate = birth date|1921|8|28
deathdate = death date and age|2007|11|21|1921|8|28
location = flagicon|Peru Lima, Peru
spouse = María Dolores Pradera (1945-1959)
Emma Cohen (2000-2007)
goyaawards = Best Director
1987 "El viaje a ninguna parte"
Best Actor
1987 "Mambrú se fue a la guerra"
1999 "El abuelo"
Best Original Screenplay
1987 "El viaje a ninguna parte"
Best Supporting Actor
1993 "Belle époque (film)"
Best Adapted Screenplay
2001 "Lázaro de Tormes"

Fernando Fernán Gómez (August 28, 1921 – November 21, 2007) [es icon [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Fallece/Fernando/Fernan/Gomez/elpepucul/20071121elpepucul_8/Tes Fallece Fernando Fernán Gómez] - El País] was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. Inheriting his surname as a stage name, he moved to Spain in 1924.

After the Spanish Civil War he began a study of Law but interrupted his studies to work in theater. In 1942 he began to work in cinema but also kept working in theater. He formed his own theater company and received awards for directing and writing. In the 1950s he began to direct movies, including the film of his novel, "El viaje a ninguna parte". He was acclaimed for his 1958 comedy "La vida por delante," which had a sequel, "La vida alrededor."

He married María Dolores Pradera in 1945; they divorced in 1959. He married Emma Cohen in 2000. Fernando Fernán Gómez died in Madrid on November 21, 2007.

Filmography as director

*"Manicomio" (1954)
*"El mensaje" (1955)
*"El malvado Carabel" (1956)
*"La vida por delante" (1958)
*"La vida alrededor" (1959)
*"Sólo para hombres" (1960)
*"La venganza de Don Mendo" (1961)
*"Y el mundo sigue" (1963)
*"Los palomos" (1964)
*"El extraño viaje" (1964)
*"Ninette y un señor de Murcia" (1965)
*"Mayores con reparos" (1966)
*"Crimen imperfecto" (1970)
*"Cómo casarse en 7 días" (1971)
*"Yo la vi primero" (1974)
*"La querida" (1976)
*"Bruja, más que bruja" (1976)
*"Mi hija Hildegart" (1977)
*"Cinco tenedores" (1979)
*"Mambrú se fue a la guerra" (1986)
*"El viaje a ninguna parte" (1986)
*"El mar y el tiempo" (1989)
*"Fuera de juego" (1991)
*"Siete mil días juntos" (1994)
*"Pesadilla para un rico" (1997)
*"A Porta do Sol" (1998)
*"Lázaro de Tormes" (2001)

Filmography as actor in cinema

Filmography as television actor

Plays by Fernando Fernán Gómez

Las bicicletas son para el verano (1978)

References

External links

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* [http://www.christiebooks.com/PDFs/FernanGomez.pdf Fernán Gómez: Writer, Movie-Maker, Anarchist]