Garci is a Spanish screenwriter, director and producer. He started to work in film as an actor and screenwriter. Soon he started directing short films. He made his feature film debut with Asignatura pendiente (Unfinished Business, 1977), and won his first international award for the film Volver a empezar (Begin the Beguine, 1982), the first Spanish film to have won an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Film. His other films are Sesión continua (Double Feature, 1984), Asignatura aprobada (Course Completed, 1978), Canción de cuna (Cradle Song, 1994), El abuelo (The Grandfathe, 1998), Una historia de entonces (You\'re the One, 2000), Historia de un beso (Story of a Kiss, 2002), Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004). In Spain he is also a famous sports commentator on television and radio.