Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Directing
- Born
- March 22, 1927 · Madrid, Spain
- Died
- September 28, 2017 (age 90)
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was a Spanish film director and producer.
Isasi-Isasmendi began working in the production firm Emisora Films as an assistant manager, film editor, scriptwriter, lead producer, and finally director. In 1955 he founded his own production company, Producciones Isasi in Barcelona. He founded a second firm, Moon Films, in Madrid.
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In the mid-1960s he directed a series of action films designed for the wider European market including Scaramouche (The Adventures of Scaramouche) in 1963 and Estambul 65 (That Man in Istanbul) in 1965. He made some English-language films, most notably They Came to Rob Las Vegas. He abandoned directing for a decade after making El Perro (The Dog) in 1977 in favour of producing and distributing films before returning to the director's chair with El Aire de un Crimen (The Hint of a Crime) in 1987.
Known for
Assignment Terror
February 24, 1970
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
February 7, 1968
That Man in Istanbul
August 11, 1965
A Dog Called... Vengeance
December 2, 1977
Summertime Killer
July 1, 1972
Post Office Box 1001
December 5, 1950
The Adventures of Scaramouche
September 23, 1963
On the Line
November 7, 1984
Scent of a Crime
October 21, 1988
Tierra de todos
March 22, 1962
Vamos a contar mentiras
May 21, 1962
Eleven Pairs of Boots
September 6, 1954
Behind the camera28
- 1988Scent of a Crime Director, Screenplay
- 1984On the Line Associate Producer
- 1977A Dog Called... Vengeance Director, Screenplay, Camera Operator
- 1975Rafael en Raphael Director
- 1972Summertime Killer Director
- 1970Assignment Terror Co-Director
- 1968En Baldiri de la costa Producer, Screenplay
- 1968They Came to Rob Las Vegas Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1965That Man in Istanbul Director, Producer, Writer
- 1963