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Personal life
Mario Casas, has 4 siblings. Born in La Coruña, although very young, at just 4 years old, he left with his family to Barcelona. Later, at the age of 18, he emigrated to the Spanish capital in an adventure in which he took his whole family with him.
His parents were very young when they had him; his mother, Heidi, was only 17 and his father, Ramon, 19. Only a year and a half later they had their sister, so they were very young and had two children. For Mario, his father is his "reference", while his mother, like his brothers, are his "confidants".
His mother has been raising her children, while his father is a cabinetmaker, but has also done construction and renovation work. Because of this work, his father had no problems moving to another city, so they decided to accompany Mario when he left for Madrid and settled with him in the city.
Mario has four other brothers and sisters, forming what he defines as "a Sicilian family", a family with many children established around a "matriarch". Mario, is the oldest of them all. He is followed by his sister Sheila, and two other brothers, named Christian and Oscar. Finally, the youngest member of the family, Daniel, who was born in 2014, and whom he considers almost as his "nephew" because of the enormous age difference.
He gets along well with all of them, although especially with his sister Sheila, as they have grown up together. Mario, a loyal tattoo lover, has one dedicated to each of his parents and siblings, with the initials of each one.
He remembers his childhood as "wonderful", although he had a bit of a hard time because he was given "a lot of cane" for being short, even the girls. He developed very late, until he was 15 years old, he continued to have the body of a child. Even so, he has always been a flirt, and had his first "girlfriend" at the age of 4.
As a child he liked everything: singing, dancing, ping-pong, football.... He says he liked to try everything, although he admits that he got tired fast. His professional career began as an "advertisement child", as he was involved in advertising as a child. He advertised Cola Cao, Telepizza, Scalextric... He eventually decided to become an actor after he had enrolled the Cristina Rota School of Dramatic Arts
He also keeps "lifelong" friends from school. They are the ones he made when he arrived in Barcelona and have always been with him. In his words, true friends who you can count on the fingers of one hand.
Over the years he dated a few fellow actresses he starred with in movies such as María Valverde and Berta Vázques. Since 2018, he is in a relationship with famous Spanish actress Blanca Suarez he played with in movies/tv shows such as: Carne de Neon (2010), El Barco (2011-2013), Mi Gran Noche (2015), and El Bar (2017).- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Luis Zahera was born on 23 May 1966 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Cell 211 (2009), The Beasts (2022) and The Candidate (2018).- Actor
- Editor
- Soundtrack
Tamar Novas was born on 3 October 1986 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and editor, known for Broken Embraces (2009), Nowhere (2023) and The Sea Inside (2004).- Martiño Rivas was born on 10 January 1985 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor, known for The Boarding School (2007), Cable Girls (2017) and Los girasoles ciegos (2008).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Fernando Rey, the great Spanish movie actor primarily known in the United States for his role as "Frog One" in The French Connection (1971) and its sequel, was born Fernando Casado D'Arambillet on September 20 1917, in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, the son of Colonel Casado Veiga. Originally, the young Fernando intended to become an architect. However, when the Spanish Civil War erupted in 1936, his architectural studies were interrupted, and he gained employment as a movie extra. He took the stage name "Fernando Rey" at the beginning of his career, equivalent, in English, to "Fernando King". Eight years after his movie debut, he was cast in his first major speaking role, as the Duke de Alba in José López Rubio's 1944 movie "Eugenia de Montijo".
Rey enjoyed a long and prosperous career as an actor in movies, the theater, radio, and television. He also was a major voice-over artist in Spain, narrating films and dubbing the voices of actors in foreign films. Rey's most fruitful collaboration was with the great director Luis Buñuel, which began during the 1960s and continued thought the 1970s. The films that Rey appeared in for Buñuel' made him an international star, the first produced by the Spanish cinema. By the early 1970s, Rey's career reached its high point, with his co-starring role in "The French Connection" (Best Picture Oscar Winner for 1971) and his starring role in Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) ("The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie", Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner for 1972). Rey followed up these successes by appearing in The French Connection (1971) in 1974, and Buñuel's tandem That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) ("That Obscure Object of Desire"), an art-house hit that was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Ironically, in the film, Rey's voice was dubbed into French by Michel Piccoli. That same year, he won the Best Actor prize at Cannes for Carlos Saura' Elisa, My Life (1977).
Many honors came to Rey in the twilight of his career, during the 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded at San Sebastián and Cannes, and was presented with the gold medal of the Spanish Art and Movie Sciences Academy. He became the president of that Academy from 1992 till his death from cancer two years later.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Nerea Barros was born on 12 May 1981 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is an actress and producer, known for Marshland (2014), Memoria (2022) and 36 (2021).- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Ramón Campos was born in 1975 in Noia, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is a writer and producer, known for Gran Hotel (2011), Now and Then (2022) and High Seas (2019).- Paula Gallego was born on 5 February 2004 in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is an actress, known for The Passenger (2021), Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001) and Alpha Males (2022).
- Actress
- Additional Crew
María Casares was born on 21 November 1922 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Children of Paradise (1945), Orpheus (1950) and The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945). She was married to André Schlesser. She died on 22 November 1996 in Alloue, Charente, France.- She started her model career when she was 18 years old. In 2012 she got the «Best Model» L'Oreal Award during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid. She has worked with photographers such as Juergen Teller, Jamie Haweskworth, Nico Bustos or Gorka Postigo.
In 2015 she gets her first role in a movie with Alberto Rodríguez in "El hombre de las mil caras" and "Plan de Fuga" directed by Iñaki Dorronsoro. A year later she does "Si tu voyais son coeur" directed by Joan Chemla, along si Gael García bernal and Marine Vatch and "No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas" directed by Maria Ripoll.
In 2017 she starts filming the new TV Series by Jorge Sánchez Cabezudo and Alberto Sánchez Cabezudo that will be released on the 27th of October this year. - Composer
- Music Department
Sergio Moure de Oteyza, born in La Coruña in 1969, studies harmony, composition, arrangements and guitar at the "Aula de Música Moderna y Jazz" of the Barcelona Liceo Conservatory (Spain). He works as a composer and teacher for the ESCAC (Superior Film School of Catalonia) and as a composer and musical coordinator for the CECC (Center for Film Studies of Catalonia) between 1997-2000. In 2004 he composed the soundtrack for feature film "Unconscious" directed by Joaquín Oristrell, which is his first film score, earning a nomination for the Goya Awards and the Gaudí Awards. This work has been followed by more than fifty soundtracks for cinema, television, national and international series and documentaries such as the feature films "The Body" (Oriol Paulo), "Kidnapped" and "Extinction" (Miguel Angel Vivas), "A Good man"and "Game of Werewolves" (Juan Martínez Moreno), "Everything is silence" (José Luís Cuerda), "Feedback" (Pedro Alonso), "Dirty Wolves" (Simón Casal), "Returns" (Luís Avilés) or "Thesis on a homicide" (Hernan Goldfrid). On television and platforms, his music has been featured in a large number of productions, such as "The Hidden Battle" by Paula Cons, "Futures Market" by Mercedes Álvarez, "Codec 60" by Carlos Martín Ferrera, or the series "Abuela de Verano" " or "Six Sisters" produced by TVE. His latest works have been "Where is Marta?" documentary series directed by Paula Cons, produced by Netflix and Cuarzo TV, "Operación Marea Negra, La travesía Suicida" documentary series directed by Luís Avilés and produced by Ficción Producciones and Amazon Prime Video, the fiction series for TVE "Hospital Valle Norte" , or the feature film "Turn,The Wacky Hen", an animated film produced by Tandem Films and Filmax. His music has been performed by great ensembles such as the City of Prague Symphony Orchestra, Macedonia Symphony Orchestra, Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra SIF 309, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Córdoba Symphony Orchestra, Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Real Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia, Gaos Orchestra, Euskadi Symphony Orchestra, Galician Film Symphony or the Mad4Strings Orchestra. This work is combined from the first moment with his activity as a teacher and popularizer, directing courses and seminars and giving Masterclasses in institutions such as the Complutense University of Madrid, Loyola University of Seville, University of La Coruña, University of Murcia, Nanyang Technological University ( Singapore), Earth Observatory of Singapore, Paideia Foundation, Madrid Municipal Conservatory or the Presto Vivace Private Conservatory of La Coruña.- Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teoula Franco y Bahamonde was born on December 4, 1892, in Ferrol, Spain. He entered the Spanish Military Academy in 1907 and upon graduation three years later was commissioned as a lieutenant. His career path seemed assured after he was detailed to the colony of Spanish Morocco to fight against the Berber tribes and acquitted himself well. In 1916 he won the Battle of El Biutz, which stopped Berber attacks against Spanish outposts. In 1923 he was appointed commander of the Spanish Foreign Legion, and in 1926 at the age of 33 was named the army's youngest brigadier general.
Franco returned to Spain in 1927 to lead the National Military Academy. He was assigned to quell a miners' strike in the Masturias in 1934, and revealed himself to be a ruthless authoritarian by ordering the execution of over 2,000 miners and other workers who were "suspected" of being Marxists. Franco proved to be one of Spain's staunchest and most rabid anti-Communists, and as such was invited to take a leading role in a right-wing coup being planned by fellow officers to overthrow the government of the Republic of Spain, which had large numbers of Socialist and democratic members in its ruling circles. Franco accepted and, shortly after the revolt broke out on July 17, 1936, he was named commander of the nationalist forces with the title of "Generalísimo". Although he had hoped to seize control of the government quickly, the republican forces proved to be more formidable than Franco and his conspirators had counted on, and the struggle evolved into a full-scale civil war that lasted nearly three years. With much political, financial and material support from Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, both of whom sent tanks, arms and even combat troops to aid him, Franco emerged as the victor, capturing the capital of Madrid on March 28, 1939, which ended the Spanish Civil War. Named "el caudillo" (the leader), dictator for life, Generalísimo Franco proved to be an astute political leader as well as a masterful military commander. Although he owed a great debt to Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy for their aid, he managed to keep Spain officially neutral during World War II despite pressure from many senior political and military leaders in the government to enter the war on the side of the Axis Powers. Franco was initially keen to join the Axis, and wrote to Hitler offering to join the war on 19 June 1940. However by the end of the year he had decided to stay out of the conflict and let Spain recover from the terrible civil war that wrecked its economy and severely weakened its military. Nevertheless he provided considerable help to the Axis from 1940 to 1943. After the Axis Powers were defeated in 1945, Spain was isolated for many years before Franco tried allying himself with the west by pushing his anti-Communist "credentials". Spain was admitted into the United Nations in 1955 and was soon allied with the United States and other western powers. He served as supreme leader of Spain until his death on November 20, 1975, at the age of 82. - Actor
- Producer
Monti Castiñeiras was born in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is known for Serramoura (2014), Julieta (2016) and Conexão (2009).- Writer
- Director
- Special Effects
He was born in 1918, although there isn't a consensus as some books date his birth in 1925. He was one of the main directors of the Spanish horror boom in the 70s, specially for his quartet of films about the living dead templars which started with Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972).- Writer
- Director
- Animation Department
Alberto Vázquez was born on 13 October 1980 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015), Unicorn Wars (2022) and Birdboy (2011).- María Pujalte was born on 22 December 1966 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Periodistas (1998), Los misterios de Laura (2009) and En la ciudad (2003).
- Casas was originally a soccer player and stayed for three years with the Spanish "Atlético Madrid" team. Due to injuries suffered he quit playing soccer and entered the acting profession in 1943, though by the time he retired from soccer he already had three acting credits, ranging from 1941 to 1943. Between the start of his acting career and his death he has 170 appearances in film and TV to his credit.
- Actor
- Casting Department
Denis Gómez was born on 24 September 1978 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor, known for Code Name Emperor (2022), The Neighbor (2019) and Mondays in the Sun (2002).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Nancho Novo was born on 17 September 1958 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for La Celestina (1996), Give Me Something (1997) and The Red Squirrel (1993).- Xerardo Salgado was born on 16 October 2001 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor, known for Gangs of Galicia (2024) and De(s)amor (2023).
- Xabier Deive was born in 1970 in Narón, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor, known for Matalobos (2009), Palm Trees in the Snow (2015) and Serramoura (2014).
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Isabel Naveira was born in 1975 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Matalobos (2009), Néboa (2020) and Vis a Vis: El Oasis (2020).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Spanish child actor who at this writing (2000) has proven himself in a big movie "La Lengua de las Mariposas" (1999) perhaps is the best Spanish child actor of his generation. Born in 1990, Manuel Lozano started his acting career like many other child actors, making some commercials. When he was still 9, Manuel was chosen to play Moncho with Fernando Fernan Gomez in the Spanish critically acclaimed La Lengua de las Mariposas. His performance in this movie won a Goya Award, a nomination for Young Artist Award. He also starred in another critically acclaimed movie, "Eres Mi Heroe", which won at the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival. With a Spanish mother and Italian father, Manuel Lozano has dual nationality and now lives in Galicia, Spain.- Iolanda Muíños was born on 16 October 1975 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Malencolía (2021), The Sea Inside (2004) and Rapa (2022).
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Visual Effects
Jacobo Martínez was born in 1978 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is a cinematographer, known for Gran Hotel (2011), Velvet (2013) and Gran Reserva (2010).