Francisco Rovira Beleta

{{Short description|Spanish screenwriter and film director}}

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| name = Francisco Rovira Beleta

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| birth_date = 1913

| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain

| death_date = 23 June {{death year and age|1999|1913}}

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| occupation = Film director

| yearsactive = 1952 – 1967

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Francisco Rovira Beleta (1913 in Barcelona – 23 June 1999) was a twice Academy Award nominee Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film Los atracadores was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054643/awards |title=IMDB.com: Awards for The Robbers |accessdate=2010-02-07 |work=imdb.com}} His 1963 film Los Tarantos was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 |title=The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-11-03|work=oscars.org}} Four years later, his film El amor brujo was also nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968 |title=The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-11-12|work=oscars.org}} and was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |accessdate=2012-12-09 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archivedate=2013-01-16 }}