Bodegas, Roberto

b. 1933, Madrid

   Filmmaker

   After an early career as assistant director in France Bodegas began making his own films in 1970 with Españolas en París (Spanish Women in Paris) (1970), Vida conyugal sana (A Healthy Married Life) (1973) and Los nuevos españoles (The New Spaniards) (1974). These are considered good examples of tercera vía (third way) films which have a wider appeal than intellectual cinema without being mere commercial fodder. The latter two films were scripted by José Luis Garci, for whom Bodegas acted as assistant director in the production of Volver a empezar (Starting Over) (1982).

   EAMONN RODGERS