Carlos Saura

Spanish photographer and film director (1932–2023)

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Carlos Saura was a Spanish photographer and film director who had a long career spanning from the mid-20th century until his death in 2023. He is recognized as an important figure in Spanish cinema and visual arts, though his specific contributions and significance would require additional context to fully explain.

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Atoms, molecules, solids, and surfaces: Applications of the generalized gradient approximation for exchange and correlation

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Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career that spanned over half a century, and his films won many international awards.

Saura began his career in 1955 making documentary shorts. He gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960. Although he started filming as a neorealist, Saura switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolism in order to get around the Spanish censors. In 1966, he was thrust into the international spotlight when his film The Hunt won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the following years, he forged an international reputation for his cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual responses to repressive political conditions.