Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | |
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Isasi-Isasmendi in 2011 | |
Born | Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (1927-03-22)22 March 1927 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 28 September 2017(2017-09-28) (aged 90) Ibiza, Spain |
Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter Film producer |
Years active | 1946–1988 |
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was a Spanish film director and producer.
Isasi-Isasmendi began working in the production firm Emisora Films as an assistant manager, film editor, scriptwriter, lead producer, and finally director. In 1955 he founded his own production company, Producciones Isasi in Barcelona. He founded a second firm, Moon Films, in Madrid.
In the mid-1960s he directed a series of action films designed for the wider European market including Scaramouche (The Adventures of Scaramouche) in 1963 and Estambul 65 (That Man in Istanbul) in 1965. He made some English-language films, most notably They Came to Rob Las Vegas. He abandoned directing for a decade after making El Perro (The Dog) in 1977 in favour of producing and distributing films before returning to the director's chair with El Aire de un Crimen (The Hint of a Crime) in 1987. [citation needed]
He directed 13 feature films, wrote eleven and produced eight.[1]
In 1981, he was a member of the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
Family
He had one daughter, María Isasi, from his relationship with the actress Marisa Paredes.[citation needed]
Selected filmography
Director
- Diego Corrientes (1959)
- A Land for All (1962)
- The Adventures of Scaramouche (1963)
- That Man in Istanbul (1965)
- They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)
- The Summertime Killer (1972)
- El perro (1977)
- El aire de un crimen (1988)
Editor
- In a Corner of Spain (dir. Jerónimo Mihura, 1949)
- My Beloved Juan (dir. Jerónimo Mihura, 1950)
- Apartado de correos 1001 (dir. Julio Salvador, 1950)
- I Want to Marry You (1951)
- Doubt (1951)
- Last Day (dir. Antonio Román, 1952)
- Court of Justice (dir. Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, 1953)
- Eleven Pairs of Boots (dir. Francisco Rovira Beleta, 1954)
Prizes
- Honorary Goya Award (1999)
- CEC Award, Best Director (1973)
- Prize of the National Syndicate of Spectacle, Best Director (1965)
References
External links
- Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi at IMDb
- Profile[permanent dead link], blogarrebatado.com, 27 December 2012.
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- 1986: José F. Aguayo
- 1987: Rafaela Aparicio
- 1988: Imperio Argentina
- 1989: Victoriano López García
- 1990: Enrique Alarcón
- 1991: Emiliano Piedra
- 1992: Manuel Mur Oti
- 1993: Tony Leblanc
- 1994: José María Forqué
- 1995: Federico Gutiérrez-Larraya
- 1996: Miguel Picazo
- 1997: Rafael Azcona
- 1998: Rafael Alonso
- 1999: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
- 2000: José Luis Dibildos
- 2001: Juan Antonio Bardem
- 2002: Manuel Alexandre
- 2003: Héctor Alterio
- 2004: José Luis López Vázquez
- 2005: Pedro Masó
- 2006: Tedy Villalba
- 2007: Alfredo Landa
- 2008: Jesús Franco
- 2009: Antonio Mercero
- 2010: Mario Camus
- 2011: Josefina Molina
- 2012: Concha Velasco
- 2013: Jaime de Armiñán
- 2014: Antonio Banderas
- 2015: Mariano Ozores
- 2016: Ana Belén
- 2017: Marisa Paredes
- 2018: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
- 2019: Pepa Flores
- 2020: Ángela Molina
- 2021: José Sacristán
- 2022: Carlos Saura
- 2023: Juan Mariné