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Carlos Saura, Spain’s celebrated filmmaker whose career spanned over seven decades during which he earned three Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film has died. He was 91.
Spain’s Cinema Academy said Saura died Friday, a day before he was to receive an honorary Goya award for his prolific career.
Saura was a popular director among arthouse cinema enthusiasts.
He had earned international recognition for his 1965 movie “La Caza″ (The Hunt) which was awarded the Silver Bear at the International Berlin Film Festival. He later earned another two Silver Bear awards for his work.