Antonio Pérez Pérez (born 1954) often credited as Antonio P. Pérez, is a Spanish film producer, founder of Maestranza Films, noted as the most important film producer in Andalusia.[1]
Biography edit
Antonio Pérez Pérez was born in 1954 in Córdoba,[2][3] Pérez was raised in Andújar, where he developed an early interest in cinema.[4] He dropped out from a degree in biology, graduating in industrial engineering.[4][1] He founded Maestranza Films in the late 1980s.[5] He also worked as a producer through Videoplaning, oriented towards the television industry.[6]
He has since produced an extensive number of films, including Belmonte (1995), Alone (1999), Nobody Knows Anybody (1999), Fugitivas (2000), Atún y chocolate (2004), Habana Blues (2005), Rough Winds (2006), Thieves (2007), Before the Fall (2008), Return to Hansala (2008), The Sleeping Voice (2011), and El Niño (2014), Toro (2016), The Ignorance of Blood (2016) and Lord, Give Me Patience (2017).[4][3][7]
EGEDA recognised him with its Lifetime Achievement Gold Medal, which was handed to him at the 22nd Forqué Awards in 2017.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b Pereira, M.J. (6 November 2016). "Antonio Pérez: «Hay gente que piensa que los productores de cine somos unos caza-subvenciones»". ABC.
- ^ Jurado, Laura (7 July 2010). "Los andaluces tenemos en el Rh la cualidad de hacer buen cine". La Voz de Cádiz.
- ^ a b Cabral, Ismael G. (13 January 2017). "Saber decir que no es lo más difícil de mi trabajo". El Correo de Andalucía.
- ^ a b c Almendro Delia, Javier (9 March 2008). "El productor Antonio Pérez, esta semana en el curso de dirección cinematográfica". Universidad Pablo de Olavide.
- ^ "El productor Antonio Pérez: Mi premio es un reconocimiento al cine andaluz". El Economista. 13 December 2016.
- ^ Utrera Macías, Rafael (2007). "El cine de la nacionalidad andaluza. La búsqueda de una compleja identidad". In Berthier, Nancy; Seguin, Jean-Claude (eds.). Cine, nación y nacionalidades en España. Madrid: Casa de Velázquez. pp. 121–136. ISBN 9788496820050.
- ^ "El productor cordobés Antonio P. Pérez, Premio 'Francisco Elías' del Festival de Cine de Islantilla". Huelva Red. 25 June 2017.
- ^ Belinchón, Gregorio (16 January 2017). "'Tarde para la ira', mejor película en los Premios Forqué". El País.