Miguel Picazo

Miguel Picazo de Dios 27 March 1927 23 April 20161 was a Spanish film director screenwriter and actor He is best known for his first feature film La tía Tula Aunt Tula 1964 Born in Cazorla Jaén Picazo was raise in Guadalajara and studied law Interested in filmmaking he entered Spains national film school Intituto de investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas graduating as director in 1960 with a practice film entitled Habitación de alquiler Rented Room He then became a teacher in the newly restructured Escuela Oficial de Cine EOC and eventually he was able to direct his first film La tía Tula Aunt Tula 1964 An updated adaptation of the well known novel by Miguel de Unamuno portraying the oppressive and puritanical environment of provincial life in Spain The film helped by a strong performance in the lead by Aurora Bautista as the sexually repressed title character was a critical and commercial success and brought Picazo to the forefront of the new Spanish cinema Despite the success of his debut film it took Picazo three years to make his second film Oscuros sueños de agosto Dark dreams of August 1967 a film marred by cuts by the censors and the death of the films producer Cesáreo González which hampered commercial distribution This failure put Picazo away from filming for the next nine years