José Gutiérrez Maesso

José Gutiérrez Maesso (born June 10, 1920 in Azuaga ; † August 1, 2016 ) was a Spanish film producer , director and screenwriter .

Life

With his family - he is the son of a doctor - he moved to Madrid; at the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic he was on a language trip to England and was brought to Lisbon with financial support from relatives ; back in Spain, he then lived with partisans . In 1940 he began to study medicine, but graduated after changing studies in philosophy and art. After his military service, he joined the newly opened Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas (IIEC). From 1953 ( El alcalde de Zamalea ) to 1990 ( La mansion de los Cthulhu ) Maesso was involved in various functions in around 40 film productions; mostly he held the role of screenwriter. He produced 16 films, and directed five himself. For many years he was a lecturer at the IIEC himself.

The book "José G. Maesso el número 1" was published in 2003 by Jesús García de Dueñas for Ed. Departamentos de publicaciones published.

Filmography (selection)

script

• 1953: El alcalde de Zalamea (& director)
• 1962: Up to the Blood (Tierra brutal)
• 1966: No coffin without dollars (El precio de un hombre)
• 1966: Django (Django)
• 1967: The Cruel (I crudeli)
• 1967: The last train to Durango (Un treno per Durango)
• 1972: Te deum - Every blow a paw blow (Te deum)
• 1973: The killer clan (Un tipo con una faccia strana ti cerca per ucciderti)

Director

• 1974: Murderer Roulette (El clan de los inmorales)

Web links

• José Gutiérrez Maesso in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ Biography ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)