“My friend was a man of great talent. In his darkest moments, he liked to remember the city where he was born and the people who lived there when he was young, and no one, not even himself, suspected that he would achieve greatness in his profession and that, in one way or another, he would leave an indelible memory.”
The World That Belongs to Us. Mario Camus.
Mario Camus García, born in Santander on April 20, 1935. Film director. Tireless reader. His first steps in cinema were as a screenwriter for a small handful of films; chance would have it that he directed his first film, The Farcical. From then on, he produced some thirty films, television series, documentaries, screenplays, collaborations, short story books, etc., etc.
He belongs to the New Spanish Cinema generation, of which he is a part, along with colleagues such as Carlos Saura, Basilio Martín Patiño, José Luis Borau, among others.
An excellent adaptor of literary works, including Fortunata and Jacinta, The Beehive, The House of Bernarda Alba, The Forging of a Rebel, and The Holy Innocents.
Internationally recognized for his work, his most notable achievements include the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for "The Beehive" in 1983 and the Special Mention from the Cannes Film Festival Jury for "The Holy Innocents" in 1984.
National Film Award (1985), Gold Medal for Fine Arts (1983), Knight of the French Legion of Honor, and an Honorary Goya Award.
He passed away in Santander on September 18, 2021.
