Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi

Spanish film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer

Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was a Spanish movie director, producer, screenwriter and movie editor. He was born in Madrid, Spain. In the mid-1960s he directed a series of action movies 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 movies, most notably They Came to Rob Las Vegas.

Isasi-Isasmendi in October 2011

He directed 13 feature movies, wrote eleven and produced eight.[1]

In 1981, he was the a member the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Isasi-Isasmendi died on 28 September 2017 in Ibiza, Spain at the age of 90.

References change

  1. "BFI: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  2. "Berlinale 1981: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 22 August 2010.