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name: "Ángel Fernández Santos"
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roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "1 January 1934"
died: "6 July 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:42:22.476241+00:00"
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# Ángel Fernández Santos

Screenwriter. Born 1 January 1934 in Los Cerralbos, Toledo, España. Died 6 July 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 1 January 1934, Los Cerralbos, Toledo, España
- **Died:** 6 July 2004

## Biography

Ángel Fernández-Santos was a Spanish screenwriter and film critic. Born in Los Cerralbos, Toledo, in 1934, he studied briefly at the Escuela Oficial de Cine in Madrid before being expelled for his left-wing, anti-Francoist views. He later worked as a critic for publications including Nuestro Cine, Diario 16 and El País, where he wrote from 1982 until his death.

He co-wrote the screenplay for Víctor Erice’s *The Spirit of the Beehive* (1973) with the director. Fernández-Santos also contributed scripts to films directed by Francisco Regueiro, among them *Las bodas de Blanca* (1975) and *Padre nuestro* (1985). He died in Madrid on 6 July 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, es.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Spirit of the Beehive* (1973), Fi1m 87, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-spirit-of-the-beehive.md)

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