Ángel Fernández-Santos

Ángel Fernández-Santos (1934–2004) was a Spanish film critic and screenwriter.

Born in Los Cerralbos, province of Toledo, in 1934, He studied for a brief spell at the in the early 1960s. As a committed anti-Francoist, he was expelled from the Escuela Oficial de Cine because of his left-wing positions. He also co-penned the screenplays of The Spirit of the Beehive (reputed to be among the best Spanish films ever) and also screenplays of films directed by Escuela Oficial de Cine acquaintance Francisco Regueiro.

A compilation of his reviews edited by for Editorial Debate was published in 2007. His daughter Elsa is a journalist specialised in culture, reporting about cinema as well.