---
name: "José Luis Cuerda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jose-luis-cuerda"
fi1m_id: "jose-luis-cuerda"
imdb_id: "nm0191109"
tmdb_id: 19842
wikidata_id: "Q1709329"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "18 February 1947"
died: "4 February 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T02:46:51.855898+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# José Luis Cuerda

## Identity

José Luis Cuerda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jose-luis-cuerda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jose-luis-cuerda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0191109
- **TMDB ID:** 19842
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1709329
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuerda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1709329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191109/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19842

Producer. Born 18 February 1947 in Albacete, Spain. Died 4 February 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 18 February 1947, Albacete, Spain
- **Died:** 4 February 2020
- **Active:** 1997–2001
- **Frequently works with:** [Alejandro Amenábar](https://film.one/person/alejandro-amenabar.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuerda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1709329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191109/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19842

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Others*](https://film.one/film/the-others.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Open Your Eyes*](https://film.one/film/open-your-eyes.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

José Luis Cuerda was a Spanish filmmaker who worked as a director, screenwriter and producer. Born in Albacete, he began his career in television after leaving law studies, joining Televisión Española in 1969 where he made reports and documentaries for the news services and later directed cultural programmes.

He directed his first feature film, *Pares y nones*, in 1982. His subsequent work included *El bosque animado* (1987), *Amanece, que no es poco* (1989) and *La lengua de las mariposas* (1999). Cuerda also produced the early films of Alejandro Amenábar, including *Tesis* (1996), *Abre los ojos* (1997) and *The Others* (2001). He received four Goya Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Others* (2001), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-others.md)
- *Open Your Eyes* (1997), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/open-your-eyes.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Some Time Later* (2018), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay
- *Todo es silencio* (2012), as Grimalado · Director
- *The Blind Sunflowers* (2008), Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *The Education of Fairies* (2006), Director, Writer
- *With Good Reason* (2004), Director
- *Howard Hawks, San Sebastián 1972* (2003), Actor
- *The Others* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-others.md)
- *Primer amor* (2000), Director
- *Butterfly* (1999), Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
- *Open Your Eyes* (1997), Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/open-your-eyes.md)
- *Thesis* (1996), as Professor 1 · Producer, Executive Producer
- *On Earth as It Is in Heaven* (1995), Writer, Director
- *Makinavaja: La Serie* (1995), series, Director, Creator
- *Tocando fondo* (1993), Director, Writer
- *The Sow* (1992), as Impresor · Director, Writer
- *The Dumbfounded King* (1991), as Dominico
- *La viuda del capitán Estrada* (1991), Director, Screenplay
- *Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing* (1989), Director, Screenplay
- *The Enchanted Forest* (1987), Director
- *Total* (1983), Director
- *Pares y nones* (1982), Director, Screenplay
- *Too Much for Galvez* (1981), as El tuno
- *El hombre de moda* (1980), as Pablo · Still Photographer
- *The Tunnel* (1979), Director
- *Mala Racha* (1977), Director, Writer

## Gallery

- ![José Luis Cuerda](https://film.one/media/person/97448/gallery-1b6fac96af97.jpg) José Luis Cuerda — Ignacio López, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Rodaje_de_la_pel%C3%ADcula_%E2%80%98Tiempo_Despu%C3%A9s%E2%80%99_%2837493401910%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Rodaje_de_la_pel%C3%ADcula_%E2%80%98Tiempo_Despu%C3%A9s%E2%80%99_%2837493401910%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Claqueta original de la película Amanece, que no es poco de José Luis Cuerda. Filmoteca de Albacete (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/97448/gallery-d13fcd2cb0ee.jpg) Claqueta original de la película Amanece, que no es poco de José Luis Cuerda. Filmoteca de Albacete (2017) — Arkangel, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Claqueta_original_de_la_pel%C3%ADcula_Amanece%2C_que_no_es_poco_de_Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuerda._Filmoteca_de_Albacete.jpg/1280px-Claqueta_original_de_la_pel%C3%ADcula_Amanece%2C_que_no_es_poco_de_Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuerda._Filmoteca_de_Albacete.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Praca homenaxe ó director de cine Jose Luis Cuerda, na praza maior de Ourense (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/97448/gallery-340d47f66fa1.jpg) Praca homenaxe ó director de cine Jose Luis Cuerda, na praza maior de Ourense (2021) — Maria zaos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Cuerdahomenaxe.jpg/1280px-Cuerdahomenaxe.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Premio coloquios 2015 outorgado ao director José Luis Cuerda. (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/97448/gallery-6284a97724b4.png) Premio coloquios 2015 outorgado ao director José Luis Cuerda. (2017) — Edvac, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Estrela_Cans._Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuerda%2C_director._Premio_coloquios_2015.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![José Luis Cuerda Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer at the photocall of Alice in Wonderland in 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/97448/gallery-19062be76c73.jpg) José Luis Cuerda Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer at the photocall of Alice in Wonderland in 2010. — Angel Rodriguez-Rey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuerda.jpg/1280px-Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuerda.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![José Luis Cuerda [?] (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/97448/gallery-7db118d2293c.jpg) José Luis Cuerda [?] (2010) — Angel Rodriguez-Rey from Madrid, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuerda_%284524870409%29.jpg/1280px-Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuerda_%284524870409%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise 2020: Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (won)
- European Film Award for Best Film 1988: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *El bosque animado*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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