Directing
Antonio Eceiza
Born — Died
1935-09-14 — 2011-11-15
Place of birth
Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain
Known for
Directing
Credits
24 titles
Antonio Eceiza, (San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain, September 4, 1935 – San Sebastián, November 15, 2011) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter, who directed eleven films between 1960 and 1995. Law graduate and animator from San Sebastián film clubism, he went to Madrid in 1958 to train at the Institute of Cinematographic Research and Experiences. He formed a tandem with his friend Elías Querejeta with whom he shot two documentaries and worked in advertising films. Films like “De cuerpo presente”, “Último encuentro” and “Las secretas intenciones” positioned him as one of the strongest props of what came to be called the “new Spanish cinema” of the sixties. Between 1973 and 1978 he sta…
Known for
10.0One day, Pedro Sansinenea left family, friends and country, an environment that drowned him. Twenty years later he returns to the Basque Country for several reasons, where he finds old hatreds, new conflicts and even a dramatic love story.
Ke arteko egunak
1990
4.9In the context of a visit by the President of the United States to Mexico, there is a threat that China will attack his life. Policeman Filiberto is commissioned to avoid it, at any cost. His searches in the Chinatown will lead him to endanger his life, while he will find love in the young Marta.
The Mongol Plot
1977
6.8Xavier Mina accepted the commission to lead a liberating expedition in support of General Morelos. He failed to arrive in Mexico until Morelos had died and the Mexican Congress (which in New Spain faced the absolutism of Fernando VII) was dissolved, but for eight months he directed a series of more or less brilliant military actions, in the face of the harassment of the Viceroy , Who finally got him arrested.
Mina, viento de libertad
1977
NRSummary of the documentary series 'Ikuska', directed by its promoter Antxon Ezeiza.
Ikuska 20: Sailaren laburpena
1984
NRTour of the city of San Juan de Luz, located on the southwestern coast of France (North Basque Country), whose economic activity is mainly fishing.
Ikuska 16: Donibaneko arrantzaleak
1983
8.0A peculiar walk through the Basque city of San Sebastián along twisting roads never traveled by guidebook users.
A través de San Sebastián
1960
Behind the camera
10.0One day, Pedro Sansinenea left family, friends and country, an environment that drowned him. Twenty years later he returns to the Basque Country for several reasons, where he finds old hatreds, new conflicts and even a dramatic love story.
Ke arteko egunak
1990
10.0One day, Pedro Sansinenea left family, friends and country, an environment that drowned him. Twenty years later he returns to the Basque Country for several reasons, where he finds old hatreds, new conflicts and even a dramatic love story.
Ke arteko egunak
1990
4.9In the context of a visit by the President of the United States to Mexico, there is a threat that China will attack his life. Policeman Filiberto is commissioned to avoid it, at any cost. His searches in the Chinatown will lead him to endanger his life, while he will find love in the young Marta.
The Mongol Plot
1977
4.9In the context of a visit by the President of the United States to Mexico, there is a threat that China will attack his life. Policeman Filiberto is commissioned to avoid it, at any cost. His searches in the Chinatown will lead him to endanger his life, while he will find love in the young Marta.
The Mongol Plot
1977
6.8Xavier Mina accepted the commission to lead a liberating expedition in support of General Morelos. He failed to arrive in Mexico until Morelos had died and the Mexican Congress (which in New Spain faced the absolutism of Fernando VII) was dissolved, but for eight months he directed a series of more or less brilliant military actions, in the face of the harassment of the Viceroy , Who finally got him arrested.
Mina, viento de libertad
1977
6.8Xavier Mina accepted the commission to lead a liberating expedition in support of General Morelos. He failed to arrive in Mexico until Morelos had died and the Mexican Congress (which in New Spain faced the absolutism of Fernando VII) was dissolved, but for eight months he directed a series of more or less brilliant military actions, in the face of the harassment of the Viceroy , Who finally got him arrested.
Mina, viento de libertad
1977
NRSummary of the documentary series 'Ikuska', directed by its promoter Antxon Ezeiza.
Ikuska 20: Sailaren laburpena
1984
NRTour of the city of San Juan de Luz, located on the southwestern coast of France (North Basque Country), whose economic activity is mainly fishing.
Ikuska 16: Donibaneko arrantzaleak
1983
8.0A peculiar walk through the Basque city of San Sebastián along twisting roads never traveled by guidebook users.
A través de San Sebastián
1960
8.0A peculiar walk through the Basque city of San Sebastián along twisting roads never traveled by guidebook users.
A través de San Sebastián
1960
NROn grazing in the region of Zuberoa, in the Northern Basque Country.
Ikuska 14: Zuberoako artzainak
1983
6.4A flamenco dancer (Antonio Gades) reflects on his life and career when he is surprised to be honored on a television show telling his life story. The memories stir up controversy, and an old friend seeks retribution as Antonio had once stolen his girl.
The Last Meeting
1967
6.4A flamenco dancer (Antonio Gades) reflects on his life and career when he is surprised to be honored on a television show telling his life story. The memories stir up controversy, and an old friend seeks retribution as Antonio had once stolen his girl.
The Last Meeting
1967
6.7After seeing that Nelson kisses his lover, Barlow poisons him. But it turns out that Nelson comes back to life when he was about to be buried. From that moment, Barlow does not stop chasing him to finish his work.
De cuerpo presente
1967
6.7After seeing that Nelson kisses his lover, Barlow poisons him. But it turns out that Nelson comes back to life when he was about to be buried. From that moment, Barlow does not stop chasing him to finish his work.
De cuerpo presente
1967
NRPilot chapter of the film series 'Ikuska', a compilation of shorts on the Basque Country’s culture and politics. A documentary about the referendum on the Spanish constitution.
Erreferenduma
1978
6.0Miguel is a married architect with children; Blanca, an attractive young woman who has attempted suicide by cutting her veins. The relationship between them develops through continuous persecutions, first of him to her and then to him. In their meetings, they reflect on their empty lives, loneliness, boredom and obsession with death.
Las secretas intenciones
1970
6.0Miguel is a married architect with children; Blanca, an attractive young woman who has attempted suicide by cutting her veins. The relationship between them develops through continuous persecutions, first of him to her and then to him. In their meetings, they reflect on their empty lives, loneliness, boredom and obsession with death.
Las secretas intenciones
1970
5.4Filmed in 1963, but not released in Spain until 1967, the film depicts the failed romance between a bourgeois French tourist girl and a Spanish working class boy.
Next Fall
1967
5.4Filmed in 1963, but not released in Spain until 1967, the film depicts the failed romance between a bourgeois French tourist girl and a Spanish working class boy.
Next Fall
1967
NRDocumentary on 'bertsolaritza' (or bertsolarism), the art of singing extemporaneously composed songs in Basque according to various melodies and rhyming patterns.
Ikuska 18: Bertsolaritza
1984
9.0A grandfather, a veteran communist militant, runs away on his birthday with his granddaughter Adriana.
Felicidades, Tovarich
1995
9.0A grandfather, a veteran communist militant, runs away on his birthday with his granddaughter Adriana.
Felicidades, Tovarich
1995
NRShort documentary on the history of spanish football with the colaboration of the Real Sociedad football club.
A través del fútbol
1982
