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José Juan Bigas Luna (19 March 1946 – 5 April 2013) was a Spanish film director, designer and artist. His films are typically characterised by a strong emphasis on the erotic, often related to food, something for which he admitted a strong passion. His work often explores and parodies clichés of Spanish identity, but he had an international ...
Bigas Luna was a Spanish writer and director of films such as Jamón, Jamón, Anguish and The Chambermaid on the Titanic. He discovered many famous actors and died of leukemia in 2013.
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- Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- La Riera de Gaià, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Apr 10, 2013 · April 9, 2013. Bigas Luna, an iconoclastic film director who emerged after the Franco dictatorship to portray the new Spain as engagingly and perplexingly robust and later discovered the stars...
Apr 8, 2013 · Spanish film director Josep Joan Bigas Luna, who was best known for the 1992 film Jamon, Jamon, has died aged 67. The director's family said he died after a long battle with cancer on Saturday...
I prefer not to call them fantasies. I want to explain the stories in logical and realistic forms." - Bigas Luna. Bigas Luna, born José Juan Bigas Luna in 1946, trained in interior and industrial design before beginning his filmmaking career in his native Barcelona in the mid-seventies.
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Apr 6, 2013 · Learn about Bigas Luna, a versatile and influential filmmaker who made classics like Jamón Jamón, The Tit and the Moon, and Lola. Explore his biography, filmography, awards, and personal projects on The Movie Database.
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Apr 6, 2013 · Spanish film director Juan Jose Bigas Luna has died of cancer aged 67. Bigas Luna was renowned for films such as “Jamon, Jamon”, which helped propel Penelope Cruz to worldwide acclaim.
