Diego Galán

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Diego Galán
Galán in 2006
Born
Diego Galán Fernández

(1946-10-13)13 October 1946
Tangier, Morocco
Died15 April 2019(2019-04-15) (aged 72)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations

Diego Galán Fernández (13 October 1946 – 15 April 2019) was a Spanish film critic, journalist, film historian, and filmmaker. He served as director of the San Sebastián International Film Festival from 1986 to 1989 and from 1995 to 2000.

Life and career

Diego Galán Fernández was born on 13 October 1946 in Tangier,[1] where he was raised until moving to Madrid at age 19.[2] He worked as an administrator and accountant.[3] Beginning in 1967, he began to write film criticism for Nuestro cine and then Triunfo and El País.[4][5]

Focusing on documentary filmmaking, he directed works such as Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones (2005), Con la pata quebrada (2013) and Manda huevos (2016).[3] He also authored books such as 8 españoles de posguerra, Venturas y desventuras de la prima Angélica, Berlanga o el cine muerto de hambre, Fernando Fernán-Gómez, apasionadas andanzas de un señor muy pelirrojo, Emiliano Piedra, un productor, Jaime de Armiñán, and 15 cartas a Fernando Rey.[6] In 2018, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Spanish Film Academy.[6] He died in Madrid on 15 April 2019, aged 72.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Sánchez, Juan Luis (15 April 2019). "Adiós a Diego Galán, crítico y ex director de San Sebastián". Decine21.
  2. ↑ "Muere a los 72 años Diego Galán, renovador del Zinemaldia". Noticias de Navarra. 16 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Muere Diego Galán, cineasta y exdirector del Festival de Cine de San Sebastián". El Cultural. 15 April 2019 – via El Español.
  4. ↑ "Muere a los 72 años Diego Galán, cineasta, crítico y exdirector del Festival de San Sebastián". rtve.es. 15 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Muere el cineasta Diego Galán, gran impulsor del Festival de San Sebastián". El Mundo. 15 April 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Diego Galán, Medalla de Oro de la Academia de Cine 2018". Europa Press. 26 April 2018.
  7. ↑ García, Rocío (15 April 2019). "Muere Diego Galán, un sabio hombre de cine". El País.