Ungría, Alfonso

b. 1946, Madrid

   Filmmaker

   Ungría began his career as a director of the officially sponsored newsreels known as NO-DO (Noticiarios y documentales—Newsreels and Documentaries), but fell foul of the censorship apparatus when he was dismissed after a controversial documentary entitled La vida en los teleclubs (Life in the Teleclubs) (1969). He then turned to television, but also made a reputation as a film-director with works like his Civil War film Soldados (Soldiers) (1978), and art films such as La conquista de Albania (The Conquest of Albania) (1983).

   See also: film and cinema

   EAMONN RODGERS