Reyes Abades (25 July 1949 – 1 February 2018) was a Spanish specialist in
special effects
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. He won nine
Goya Awards
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The first ceremony was held in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Ar ...
. Abades worked on more than 300 productions. He contributed to the opening and closing ceremonies for the
1992 Summer Olympics
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in Barcelona. He died of a heart attack at age 68.
He had two children with María Ruano, Óscar and César, who are also visual effect artists.
Partial filmography
* ''¡Ay, Carmela!'' (1990)
* ''
Beltenebros'' (1991)
* ''
Días contados'' (1994)
* ''
Tierra'' (1995)
* ''
El día de la bestia'' (1995)
* ''
Abre los ojos'' (1997)
* ''Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón'' (2001)
* ''
El lobo
''The Wolf'' () is a 2004 Spanish drama biographical film directed by Miguel Courtois. It stars Eduardo Noriega as the title character and José Coronado alongside Mélanie Doutey, Silvia Abascal, Santiago Ramos, and Jorge Sanz.
Plot
The ...
'' (2004)
* ''
Alatriste'' (2006)
* ''
El laberinto del fauno'' (2006)
* ''
Los abrazos rotos'' (2009)
* ''
El cónsul de Sodoma'' (2009)
* ''
Balada triste de trompeta'' (2010)
References
External links
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1949 births
2018 deaths
Visual effects artists
People from the Province of Badajoz