Manuel Esteba (17 April 1941 – 4 February 2010) was a Spanish

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Career

Manuel Esteba was active as a director and a screenwriter for 30 years beginning in the 1960s. Credits include ''Saranda'' in the 1970s, also known as ''Twenty Paces to Death'', starring Dean Reed, and ''A Cry of Death'', starring Pierre Brice and Steven Tedd. As a director, he worked with the Calatrava Brothers on 3 comedies. In 1992, he wrote and directed a documentary called ''Un jardinero en tu casa'', with Julian Silvestre as host.

Death

Manuel Esteba died on 4 February 2010 at the age of 68 in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Esteba, Manuel Spanish film directors Spanish male screenwriters 1941 births 2010 deaths