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Bachelor in Law.

Brother-in-law of Carmen Santonja.

Father of Álvaro de Armiñán, Eduardo Armiñán and Carmen Armiñán.

His films have been nominated for Academy Awards in the Foreign language film category twice, in 1972 for "Mi querida señorita" and in 1980 for "El Nido".

His 1974 film El amor del capitán Brando was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.

His 1985 film Stico was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival, where Fernando Fernán Gómez won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.

He studied law at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. After graduating as a lawyer, Armiñán began writing articles for such magazines as Fotos and Dígame.

During the post Franco period, Armiñán sought ways to express both his political and social themes, but with varying degree of success.

A more pointed narrative of sexual and political repression comes through in his film Al servicio de la mujer española (At The service of the Spanish Woman) (1978), which parodies with black humor the puritanical sexual values of the francoist culture that outlived the regime and continued to shape provincial life.

He established himself as one of the most successful and prolific screenwriters, contributing with scripts most notably to José María Forqué, one of the most commercial popular directors of the day. Among his scripts credits during this time are : El Secreto de Mónica (Monica's Secret) (1961), El juego de La verdad (The game of Truth) (1963),and El diablo bajo la Almohada (The devil under the Pillow).

In the 1950s, he established himself as an award-winning playwright whose best known works include Eva sin Manzana (Eve Without the Apple) (1953), Nuestro fantasma (1956) (Our Ghost) and Café del Liceo (Cafe of the Opera).

Jaime de Armiñán was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.

He made his debut as director with his own scripts in 1969 with Carola de día, Carola de noche, (Carola by day and by night ), a project tailor-made to revive the sagging career of former child star, Marisol who, at age 21, was starring her first role as an adult.

In 2008 Armiñán returned to directing films with 14, Fabian Road, starring Argentinian actress Julieta Cardinali, Ana Torrent and Ángela Molina.

Armiñán joined the television industry in 1959 when he was hired by Radiotelevisión Española, and soon developed a reputation as one of television most distinctive writer/directors, thanks to such series as Galeria de Maridos (1959) and Las Doce Caras de Juan (1967).