José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Spanish filmmaker, was born on April 10, 1911 in Madrid. He debuted as a filmmaker with Patricio miró una estrella (1935), later signed La hija de Juan Simón (id), and ¿Quién me quiere a mí? (1936), under the orders of Luis Buñuel, who saved his life during the Civil War. Very important in Franco's cinema, he became the official filmmaker of the regime; he made Raza, 1941, El escándalo, 1943, El destino se disculpa, 1945, Bambú, id., Mariona Rebull, 1947), La mies es mucha, 1949, Don Juan, 1950, Historias de la radio, 1955, Franco, ese hombre, 1964, La verbena de la paloma, 1963; Historias de la televisión, 1965.

Filmography

• 1975Solo ante el Streaking — Director, Writer
• 1974Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella — Director, Writer
• 1974La boda o la vida
• 1974Proceso a Jesús — Director
• 1971La decente — Director, Adaptation
• 1971Me debes un muerto — Writer, Director
• 1971The Roosters of Dawn — Director
• 1970Don erre que erre — Director, Writer
• 1970El alma se serena — Director, Writer
• 1969El taxi de los conflictos — Director, Writer
• 1969Juicio de faldas — Director, Writer
• 1969¡Se armó el belén! — Director, Writer
• 1968Relaciones casi públicas — Writer, Director
• 1967Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos! — Director, Screenplay, Screenstory, Dialogue
• 1966Fray Torero — Director, Writer
• 1966Lola, espejo oscuro — Director
• 1965Historias de la televisión — Director, Writer
• 1964Franco, ese hombre — Director, Writer
• 1963Los derechos de la mujer — Director, Adaptation
• 1963The Fair of the Dove — Director, Screenplay
• 1962El grano de mostaza — Presentador de la historia (uncredited), Director, Writer
• 1960El indulto — Director, Script Editor
• 1959Diez fusiles esperan — (uncredited), Director
• 1957Faustina — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 1955Radio Stories — Director, Screenplay
• 1954All Is Possible in Granada — Otro periodista (no acreditado), Director, Screenplay
• 1952The Eyes Leave a Trace — Director
• 1950Don Juan — Writer, Director
• 1948La mies es mucha — Director
• 1948Las aguas bajan negras — Director
• 1947Mariona Rebull — Director, Writer
• 1945Bambú — Director
• 1945El destino se disculpa — Director
• 1943El escándalo — Director, Screenplay
• 1942Raza — Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
• 1941The Squadron — Story
• 1941¡A mí no me mire usted! — Director
• 1940Vía Crucis del Señor en las tierras de España — Director
• 1936Who Loves Me? — Director
• 1935Don Quintin the Bitter
• 1935Patricio Looked at a Star — Director
• 1935The Daughter of Juan Simón — Director

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1984Buñuel — Self
• 1956La gran mentira — Self (uncredited)