- Considered his film El Sur (1983) an unfinished work. Producer Elías Querejeta suspended the project in the middle of the shooting due financial reasons. According to Erice, Querejeta promised him that he would be allowed to shoot the rest of the screenplay if he agreed to edit the filmed material. However, after the film premiered in competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, Querejeta never fulfilled his promise.
- Was set to write and direct El embrujo de Shanghai (2002), based on a novel written by Juan Marsé. Although Marsé praised Erice'screenplay producer Andrés Vicente Gómez rejected it. After some rewrites, also rejected by the producer, Erice chose to leave the project. He was replaced by Fernando Trueba.
- Education: Escuela Oficial de Cinematografia
- Retrospective at the 41th Pesarofilmfestival, Pesaro, Italy; June 25th-July 3rd 2005
- BA in political science.
- Retrospective at the 16th New Horizons Film Festival (2016).
- Member of the main competition Jury at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
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