Date of Birth
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08-August-1929
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Place of Birth
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Zaragoza
(Aragon, Spain, Province of Zaragoza)
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Nationality
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Spain
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Also know as
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Jose L. Borau, Jose Luis Borau, J.L. Boraw, Louis Boraw, José Luis Borau Moradell, José Luis Borau Moradell
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Profession
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Screenwriter, Film director, Film Producer, Actor, Television Director
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José Luis Borau Moradell was a Spanish producer, screenwriter, writer, and film director. He won the Goya Award for Best Director in 2000 for Leo.
Borau was born in Zaragoza. In addition to directing, he acted in some films.
He was president of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and member of the jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival in 1991. In February 2008 he was elected to the B seat of the Real Academia Española.
Borau died, aged 83, in Madrid.
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