Film director, Screenwriter
Son of Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muoz Sampedro
Older brother of Pilar Bardem.
Uncle of Javier Bardem , Carlos Bardem and Mnica Bardem.
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1993
Father of Miguel Bardem Agudo.
Agricultural Engineer.
First worked for the film department of the Ministry of Agriculture.
An outspoken critic of the Franco regime, his political views prevented him from gaining a diploma from the Spanish cinema institute in 1947. Thereafter, he worked as a critic and finally broke into films as writer/director of the much acclaimed Muerte de un ciclista , which won the 1956 Cannes International Critics Award.
