Angelino Fons
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Angelino Fons Fernández (March 6, 1936, Madrid
– June 7, 2011), was a Spanish
film director
and screenwriter
.
, just months before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War
. He grew up in Murcia
and Orihuela
, where he moved with his family in 1940, there he studied at the Jesuit school of Santo Domingo in Orihuela, Alicante
. He entered the University of Murcia to study Philosophy and Literature. Abandoning his studies at the University of Murcia, Fons returned to Madrid to be trained as a film director and entered the national film school (IIEC), graduating with a specialty in directing in 1960. Closely associated with Carlos Saura
during that director first decade as a professional filmmaker, Fons collaborated on a number of Saura’s scripts during the early 1960s, receiving screen credits for La Caza
(1966), Peppermint Frappé
(1967) and Stress Is Three
(1968), as well as Francisco Requeiros’ Amador (Lover) (1965).
Fons made his own directorial debut in 1966 with La Busca (The Search), a modern day adaptation of a novel written by Pio Baroja
, marked by a sense of critical realism reminiscent of Miguel Picazo
’s La Tía Tula
(Aunt Tula). The Film was extremely well received and, as a result, Fons basked in critical adulation for a number of years as one of the most promising of the young filmmakers of the generation of New Spanish Cinema of the second half of the 1960s. The Search was followed two years later by the mediocre musical Cantando à la Vida (Singing to Life) (1968).
In 1969, Fons began a collaboration with the producer, Emiliano Piedra, directing a weak adaptation of the Perez Galdós novel Fortunata y Jacinta (1969) with the producer’s wife Emma Penella, in the lead. This was followed by La Primera Entrega (The First Delivery) (1971), with even less favorable critical results. Fons directed another Perez Galdós adaptation the following year, Marianella (1972), but it was becoming increasingly apparent to critics and audiences that the promise shown in his first film had largely dissipated. Even a collaboration with Carmen Martí- Gaite, in an adaptation of one of her stories Emilia... parada y fonda (Emilia) (1976), scripted by the novelist herself, did little to alter the apparent downward course of Fon’s filmmaking career. By the early 1980s, Fons was directing cheap comic sexploitation
films such as The Cid cabreador (The Vexing Cid) (1983). He retired as film director in the 1980s.
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
– June 7, 2011), was a Spanish
Spain
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film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
.
Career
Angelino Fons was born on March 6, 1936 in MadridMadrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, just months before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
. He grew up in Murcia
Murcia
-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...
and Orihuela
Orihuela
Orihuela is a city and municipality located at the feet of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Spain. The city of Orihuela had a population of 32,472 inhabitants in the beginning of 2006...
, where he moved with his family in 1940, there he studied at the Jesuit school of Santo Domingo in Orihuela, Alicante
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
. He entered the University of Murcia to study Philosophy and Literature. Abandoning his studies at the University of Murcia, Fons returned to Madrid to be trained as a film director and entered the national film school (IIEC), graduating with a specialty in directing in 1960. Closely associated with Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...
during that director first decade as a professional filmmaker, Fons collaborated on a number of Saura’s scripts during the early 1960s, receiving screen credits for La Caza
La caza
La Caza is a 1966 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. The film is a psychological thriller about three veterans of the Spanish Civil War who meet to go rabbit hunting. It was Saura's first international success, winning the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 16th Berlin International Film...
(1966), Peppermint Frappé
Peppermint Frappé
Peppermint Frappé is a 1967 Spanish psychological thriller directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin and José Luis López Vázquez. The story centers on a man who becomes obsessed with the wife of an old friend believing her to be a mysterious drummer that he once fell in love with at a...
(1967) and Stress Is Three
Stress Is Three
Stress Is Three is a 1968 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. The film stars Geraldine Chaplin and Fernando Cebrián as a troubled married couple. Their marital problems are partially a consequence of Spain's rapidly modernizing consumer society...
(1968), as well as Francisco Requeiros’ Amador (Lover) (1965).
Fons made his own directorial debut in 1966 with La Busca (The Search), a modern day adaptation of a novel written by Pio Baroja
Pío Baroja
Pío Baroja y Nessi was a Spanish Basque writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family, his brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew Julio Caro Baroja, son of his younger sister Carmen, was a well known...
, marked by a sense of critical realism reminiscent of Miguel Picazo
Miguel Picazo
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’s La Tía Tula
La Tía Tula
La Tía Tula is a 1964 film Spanish film directed by Miguel Picazo. The film is based on the Miguel de Unamuno novella of the same title. Highly acclaimed, the film is widely considered a classic of Spanish Cinema...
(Aunt Tula). The Film was extremely well received and, as a result, Fons basked in critical adulation for a number of years as one of the most promising of the young filmmakers of the generation of New Spanish Cinema of the second half of the 1960s. The Search was followed two years later by the mediocre musical Cantando à la Vida (Singing to Life) (1968).
In 1969, Fons began a collaboration with the producer, Emiliano Piedra, directing a weak adaptation of the Perez Galdós novel Fortunata y Jacinta (1969) with the producer’s wife Emma Penella, in the lead. This was followed by La Primera Entrega (The First Delivery) (1971), with even less favorable critical results. Fons directed another Perez Galdós adaptation the following year, Marianella (1972), but it was becoming increasingly apparent to critics and audiences that the promise shown in his first film had largely dissipated. Even a collaboration with Carmen Martí- Gaite, in an adaptation of one of her stories Emilia... parada y fonda (Emilia) (1976), scripted by the novelist herself, did little to alter the apparent downward course of Fon’s filmmaking career. By the early 1980s, Fons was directing cheap comic sexploitation
Sexploitation
Sexploitation, or "sex-exploitation", describes a class of independently produced, low-budget feature films generally associated with the 1960s and serving largely as a vehicle for the exhibition of non-explicit sexual situations and gratuitous nudity. The genre is a subgenre of exploitation films...
films such as The Cid cabreador (The Vexing Cid) (1983). He retired as film director in the 1980s.
Filmography
- La busca (1966)
- Cantando a la vida (1968)
- Fortunata y Jacinta (1970)
- La primera entrega (1971)
- Marianela (1972)
- Mi hijo no es lo que parece (1973)
- Separación matrimonial (1973)
- La casa (1974)
- De profesión: polígamo (1975)
- Emilia... parada y fonda (1976)
- Esposa y amante (1977)
- Mar brava (1982)
- El Cid cabreador (1983)
- La huella del crimen 1: episode El crimen de la calle Fuencarral (1985) (Television)