Biography
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.
Filmography
all 34
Movies 34
Director 15
Writer 4
Producer 3
self 1
Scent of a Crime (1988)
On the Line (1984)
Rafael en Raphael (1975)
Summertime Killer (1972)
Assignment Terror (1970)
They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)
That Man in Istanbul (1965)
Vamos a contar mentiras (1962)
Tierra de todos (1962)
Diego Corrientes (1959)
Rapsodia de sangre (1957)
La huida (1956)
Relato policíaco (1954)
Último día (1952)
Doubt (1951)
My Beloved Juan (1950)
Canción mortal (1948)
El ángel gris (1947)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-03-22
Deathday
2017-09-27 (90 years old)
Birth Place
Madrid, Spain
Children
María Isasi
Citizenships
Spain
Also Known As
Antonio Isasi Isasmendi Lasa
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