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
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. His 1998 film ''
A Time for Defiance'' was entered into the
21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver St. George. In 2010, he was awarded an
Honorary Goya Award (Goya de Honor). He died on 12 May 2018 in
Madrid
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at the age of 82 after a battle against
Alzheimer's.
Cinema filmography
* ''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
External links
Virtual Museum of Antonio Mercero*
El PaÃs articles on Antonio Mercero (in Spanish)
1936 births
2018 deaths
People from Lasarte-Oria
Spanish film directors
Honorary Goya Award winners
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in Spain
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