Antonio Mercero Juldain (7 March 1936 – 12 May 2018) was a Spanish director of the television series Verano azul and Farmacia de guardia. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled La cabina, which won an Emmy Award. His 1998 film A Time for Defiance was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver St. George.[1] In 2010, he was awarded an Honorary Goya Award (Goya de Honor).[2][3] He died on 12 May 2018 in Madrid at the age of 82 after a battle against Alzheimer's.[4]
Antonio Mercero | |
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 Mercero in 2007 | |
| Born | Antonio Mercero Juldain 7 March 1936 Lasarte-Oria (Gipuzkoa), Spain |
| Died | 12 May 2018 (aged 82) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1962–2007 |
Cinema filmography
edit- Trotin Troteras (1962)
- Leccion de arte (1962)
- Tajamar (1970)
- La cabina (1972)
- Manchas de sangre en un coche nuevo (1975)
- La Guerra de papa (1977)
- Tobi (1978)
- Wait for Me in Heaven (1988)
- Don Juan, mi querido fantasma (1990)
- A Time for Defiance (1998)
- The 4th Floor (2003)
- ¿Y tú quién eres? (2007)
References
edit- ^ "21st Moscow International Film Festival (1999)". Moscow International Film Festival. 1999. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ "Antonio Mercero recibirá en febrero el Goya de Honor de la Academia". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: PRISA. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "Antonio Mercero: Las películas de Antonio Mercero". Yahoo Movies (in Spanish). Yahoo!. 2007. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ Caña, Javier (12 May 2018). "Muere el director de cine Antonio Mercero a los 82 años en Madrid". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
External links
edit- Virtual Museum of Antonio Mercero
- Antonio Mercero at IMDb
- El País articles on Antonio Mercero (in Spanish)
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