Angelino Fons

Angelino Fons Fernández (6 March 1936 – 7 June 2011) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is known for his debut film (The Search). His career was closely linked to literature, adapting classic Spanish novels to the big screen.

Career Angelino Fons was born on 6 March 1936 in Madrid, 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. 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. Angelino Fons began his professional career with his graduation short film A este lado del muro (This side of the wall) based on the novel Las Afueras (The outskirtss) written by Luis Goytisolo. His following project was the short Garabato Sketches based on poems by Rafael Alberti. Fons worked as assistant director to Marco Ferreri in the classical comedy El cochecito (1960).

Filmography

(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)