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Mark Consuelos was born in Zaragoza, Spain, to an Italian mother, Camilla, and a Mexican father, Saul Consuelos. He grew up in Lebanon, Illinois and Tampa, Florida. He attended Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida and Notre Dame University. While living in Illinois, Mark appeared in "Hello, Dolly" at the Looking Glass Playhouse. Before joining All My Children (1970) in February 1995, Mark has guested on television shows such as Fortune Hunter (1994) and SeaQuest 2032 (1993). Mark enjoys traveling to Italy, which he does once a year. His hobbies include working out and playing many sports, particularly softball and soccer. He has one brother, who is a doctor, and a sister, who is a lawyer.- Writer
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The father of cinematic Surrealism and one of the most original directors in the history of the film medium, Luis Buñuel was given a strict Jesuit education (which sowed the seeds of his obsession with both religion and subversive behavior), and subsequently moved to Madrid to study at the university there, where his close friends included Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca.
After moving to Paris, Buñuel did a variety of film-related odd jobs in Paris, including working as an assistant to director Jean Epstein. With financial assistance from his mother and creative assistance from Dalí, he made his first film, the 17-minute Un chien andalou (1929), in 1929, and immediately catapulted himself into film history thanks to its shocking imagery (much of which - like the sliced eyeball at the beginning - still packs a punch even today). It made a deep impression on the Surrealist Group, who welcomed Buñuel into their ranks.
The following year, sponsored by wealthy art patrons, he made his first feature, the scabrous witty and violent L'Age d'Or (1930), which mercilessly attacked the church and the middle classes, themes that would preoccupy Buñuel for the rest of his career. That career, though, seemed almost over by the mid-1930s, as he found work increasingly hard to come by and after the Spanish Civil War he emigrated to the US where he worked for the Museum of Modern Art and as a film dubber for Warner Bros.
Moving to Mexico in the late 1940s, he teamed up with producer Óscar Dancigers and after a couple of unmemorable efforts shot back to international attention with the lacerating study of Mexican street urchins in The Young and the Damned (1950), winning him the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival.
But despite this new-found acclaim, Buñuel spent much of the next decade working on a variety of ultra-low-budget films, few of which made much impact outside Spanish-speaking countries (though many of them are well worth seeking out). But in 1961, General Franco, anxious to be seen to be supporting Spanish culture invited Buñuel back to his native country - and Bunuel promptly bit the hand that fed him by making Viridiana (1961), which was banned in Spain on the grounds of blasphemy, though it won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
This inaugurated Buñuel's last great period when, in collaboration with producer Serge Silberman and writer Jean-Claude Carrière he made seven extraordinary late masterpieces, starting with Diary of a Chambermaid (1964). Although far glossier and more expensive, and often featuring major stars such as Jeanne Moreau and Catherine Deneuve, the films showed that even in old age Buñuel had lost none of his youthful vigour.
After saying that every one of his films from Belle de Jour (1967) onwards would be his last, he finally kept his promise with That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), after which he wrote a memorable (if factually dubious) autobiography, in which he said he'd be happy to burn all the prints of all his films- a classic Surrealist gesture if ever there was one.
- Megan Montaner was born in Huesca, Aragón, Spain. Megan is an actor, known for Sin identidad (2014), 30 Coins (2020) and La caza. Monteperdido (2019).
- Alexandra Jiménez was born on 4 January 1980 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for The Distances (2018), 100 Meters (2016) and Superlopez (2018).
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Elena Rivera was born on 29 August 1992 in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for Heirs to the Land (2022), Sequía (2022) and Alba (2021).- Writer
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Spanish director, writer, producer (2 films) and actor (2 films). His interest in cinema started when he was very young. His mother, who was a pianist, instilled in him the liking for music, and his brother, Antonio, who was a painter, the passion for art. When he was an teenager he started to practice photography, and in 1950 he made his first illustrated feature films with a 16 mm camera. Carlos Saura is an excellent photographer, an activity that he shares in a sporadic way with the making of films.
He then moved to Madrid to continue his Industrial Engineering career, but his vocation for photography, cinema and journalism made him leave his studies and matriculate at the Instituto de Investigaciones y Estudios Cinematográficos (Cinematographic Study and Research Institute). Sporadically, he combined his cinematographic studies with the courses at the Escuela de Periodismo (Journalism School). In 1957 he finished studying and got the director diploma. At the same time, he finished his end-of-career short film La tarde del domingo (1957). He continued as a professor until 1963. In that year he was removed from the school for strictly political reasons (Franco's censorship).
In 1959 he filmed The Delinquents (1960). In this film he tried to create a sort of Spanish Neo-Realism by tackling the juvenile delinquency in the Madrid's poor quarters from a sociological point of view. In his first stage as director he tried to take a position in favour of outcast people, and he got to make a both lyric and documentary-style cinema.
Saura is a well accepted director both nationally and internationally, and in proof of it he won many awards among which there are the following ones: Silver Bear in the Berlin Festival for The Hunt (1966), in 1965, and for Peppermint Frappé (1967), in 1967. Special Jury Awards in Cannes for Cousin Angelica (1974), in 1973, and for Cría Cuervos (1976), in 1975. Also, the film Mama Turns 100 (1979) got an Oscar nomination in 1979 as the best foreign film, and it also won the Special Jury Award at the San Sebastian Festival. In 1990, he won two Goya awards as best adapted screenplay writer and best director.- Joel Bosqued was born on 29 September 1990 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor, known for Un golpe de suerte (2009), Tierra de lobos (2010) and Iron Reign (2024).
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Gerald Barry Fillmore-García is a, Los Angeles based, British-Spanish actor, writer and filmmaker known in Spain for movies such as "The Footballest" by Miguel Ángel Lamata, "Unfortunate Stories" by, Goya Award Winning director, Javier Fesser and "What Lucía Saw" by, Goya Award Winning director, Imanol Uribe, and hit TV series like Movistar Plus "Reyes de la Noche", the prime-time sitcom "Gym Tony", where he was one of the stars and a writer for five seasons, and Amazon Prime series "Little Coincidences" where he acted and wrote with Javier Veiga. Its American version is now being produced by NBC. Gerald has also written for Televisa, Mediaset, Atresmedia, Facebook Watch, the EOP Comedy Show produced by John Leguizamo's NGL, and Sony Pictures will soon premiere "Tequila Repasado" written by Gerald with, Emmy Award winner, Judd Pillot. "Hold For Applause" and "For Pete's Sake", his two latest short-films as writer, director, actor and producer have won 69 international Awards, have been selected in a 193 film festivals around the world. On stage: he joined in 2019 the Spanish National Theatre to be part of the critically acclaimed production and Max Theater Award Nominated "Firmado Lejárraga" directed by Miguel Ángel Lamata. His theater company The Sinflow has premiered several successful shows in Madrid's Gran Via and in 2022 he was awarded at LA's Brisk International Theater Festival (Best Play, Best Writer and Best Director_.- Actor
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Fernando Sancho was born on 7 January 1916 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He was an actor, known for The Son of Captain Blood (1962), La guerrilla (1973) and The Boldest Job in the West (1972). He was married to Maite Pardo. He died on 31 July 1990 in Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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José Luis Gil was born on 9 December 1957 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Aquí no hay quien viva (2003), Little Nicky (2000) and Con el culo al aire (1980).- Composer
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Javier Navarrete was born in 1956 in Teruel, Aragón, Spain. He is a composer, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Wrath of the Titans (2012) and Byzantium (2012).- Luisa Gavasa was born in 1951 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for The Bride (2015), Paris 70 (2023) and Una vida asegurada (2019).
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Ana Gracia was born on 16 February 1959 in Tamarite de la Litera, Huesca, Aragón. She is an actress, known for Truman (2015), Camino (2008) and Silencio Mortal (1991).- Actor
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Francisco Boira was born on 26 August 1971 in Huesca, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Bad Education (2004), Nubes (2010) and Todos los hombres sois iguales (1996).- Actor
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Armando del Río was born on 6 February 1970 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for La leyenda del hombre lento (2006), Sin tetas no hay paraíso (2008) and Death Room (2017). He has been married to Laia Alemany since July 2010.- Producer
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Nacho G. Velilla was born on 24 September 1967 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is a producer and writer, known for Chef's Special (2008), To Hell with the Ugly (2010) and A Stroke of Luck (2016).- Music Artist
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- Composer
Enrique Bunbury was born on 11 August 1967 in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is a music artist and actor, known for Veronica (2017), Una de zombis (2003) and Blancanieves (2012). He has been married to Jose Girl since 2012. They have one child. He was previously married to Nona Rubio.- Roberto Camardiel was born on 29 November 1917 in Alagón, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He was an actor, known for Piedra de toque (1963), Ensayo general para la muerte (1963) and For a Few Dollars More (1965). He died on 7 November 1986 in Madrid, Spain.
- Marisa Porcel was born on 15 November 1943 in Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She was an actress, known for Historias para no dormir (1966), Who Can Kill a Child? (1976) and Curro Jiménez (1976). She died on 15 August 2018 in Madrid, Spain.
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He debuted in the art scene with only two years, participating in sketch comedy with his parents, jack dancers, in Zaragoza. At 4, she starts working as a clown with his father and the 19 years he settled in Madrid. Involved in several plays and shows. The popularity will come in the 70s for his humorous speeches on television. Since then, becomes a comic with convening power, namely its image on film thanks to the duo forming with Andrés Pajares in many comedies filmed by Mariano Ozores.- Director
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Segundo de Chomón became involved in film through his wife, who was an actress in Pathé films. In 1902 he became a concessionary for Pathé in Barcelona, distributing its product in Spanish-speaking countries and managing a factory for the coloring of Pathé films. He began shooting footage of Spanish locations for the company, then in 1905 moved to Paris where he became a trick film specialist. The body of work he created over five years was outstanding. Films such as The Red Spectre (1907), Kiri-Kis (1907), The Invisible Thief (1909) and A Panicky Picnic (1909) are among the most imaginative and technically accomplished of their age.
De Chomón created fantastical narratives embellished with ingenious effects, gorgeous color, innovative hand-drawn and puppet animation, tricks of the eye that surprise and delight, and startling turns of surreal imagination. It is curious why he is not generally known as one of the early cinema masters, except among the cognoscenti in the field. Perhaps it is because there is a smaller body of work than that created by Georges Méliès (his works can perhaps be described as a cross between that of Méliès and another who combined trickery with animation, Émile Cohl); perhaps it's because he was a Spaniard working in France for the key part of his film career that has meant that neither side has championed him as much as they might have done. De Chomón carried on as a filmmaker, specializing in trick effects, working for Pathé, Itala and others, and contributing effects work to two of the most notable films of the silent era, Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria (1914) and Abel Gance's Napoleon (1927).- Luis Hostalot was born in 1951 in Calaceite, Teruel, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor, known for The Ministry of Time (2015), What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) and Así en el cielo como en la tierra (1995).
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Miguel Ángel Lamata was born in 1967 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Unresolved Sexual Tension (2010), Una de zombis (2003) and Our Lovers (2016).- Editorial Department
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David Melero Terrén was born on 27 October 1998 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. David is an editor, known for Charlie Chaplin, Searching for the Tramp, The Legend of Ochi and My Fault (2023).- Itziar Miranda was born in 1978 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for Amar en tiempos revueltos (2005), Amar es para siempre (2013) and El arte de morir (2000).