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Person · Director and screenwriter · Active since 1961

Víctor Erice

b. 1940, Karrantza Harana / Valle de Carranza

Spanish director and screenwriter, born in Karrantza Harana / Valle de Carranza. Directed Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) and Centro Histórico (2012).

He is best known for his first two feature fiction films, The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), which many regard as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made, and El Sur (1983).

Víctor Erice · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0

Erice worked in the development of (and was set to direct) The Shanghai Spell, the adaptation of the Juan Marsé's namesake novel, but producer Andrés Vicente Gómez eventually tasked the project to Fernando Trueba instead.

Víctor Erice · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0

Films in this guide

2 films
2000s 1 film
2010s 1 film