Jacinto Esteva
Directing
- Died
- September 9, 1985
Jacinto Esteva Grewe (Barcelona, Spain, 1936 - Barcelona, September 9, 1985) was a Spanish film director, founder of the Barcelona School.
In 1960 he directed a short film with Paolo Brunatto, Notes sur l'émigration. Espagne 1960. In 1962 he filmed two more short films Around the salt flats and Picasso. He debuted in 1966 with the feature film Lejos de los árboles. The film traces some Spanish traditions related to pain and death and was considered by some critics to be an update of Luis Buñuel's Las Hurdes, tierra sin pan; it was released in 1972.
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In 1965 he began his activity in the film industry with the foundation of the production company Filmscontacto, the basis of the so-called Barcelona School. In 1967 he co-directed with Joaquín Jordá Dante no es únicamente severo, and closed his filmography in 1968 with Después del diluvio. He co-produced Glauber Rocha's Cabezas cortadas. He collaborated in the production of Cercles, by Ricardo Bofill, and had prepared a script with Rafael Azcona, Ícaro, which was never made.
He also acted in Tuset Street.
Known for
Behind the camera8
- 1973Le fils de Marie Writer, Director
- 1972Far from the Trees Writer, Director
- 1970Metamorphosis Director, Writer
- 1968After the Deluge Writer, Director
- 1967Dante Is Not Only Severe Writer, Director
- 1967Night of Red Wine Producer
- 1964Autour des Salines Director, Writer
- 1960Notes sur l'émigration. Espagne 1960 Cinematography, Producer, Writer, Director
Acting1
- 1968