Ricardo Blasco
Ricardo Blasco (actually Ricardo Blasco Laguna , born April 30, 1921 in Valencia , † 1994 in Madrid ) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter .
Life
Blasco was initially a writer and poet; to improve his finances, he worked as a proofreader for scripts at the Spanish film production company Cifesa. During the 1950s he learned the film trade as an assistant director from directors like Luis Lucia and wrote scripts for the Spanish Film Union.
1960 Amor bajo zero made his debut as a director; by the end of the decade he had directed around a dozen films, often of an adventurous nature.
Ricardo Blasco also used the name Richard Blasco as a pseudonym .
Filmography
Assistant director
- 1949: La Duquesa de Benamejí - Directed by Luis Lucia
- 1952: Lola, la piconera - Director: Luis Lucia
- 1954: The wonderful love of Bianca Maria (Un caballero andaluz) - Director: Luis Lucia
- 1955: La Lupa - Director: Luis Lucia
- 1958: ¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?
- 1958: Hoch die Illusion (¡Viva lo imposible!) - Director: Rafael Gil
- 1959: Radiant Sky - Radiant Happiness (Luna de miel) - Director: Michael Powell
- 1959: The girl from Granada (Carmen la de Ronda) - directed by Tulio Demicheli
Director
- 1960: Amor bajo cero
- 1961: You play poker with pistols (Armas contra la ley)
- 1963: Three against Sacramento (Duello nel Texas; Gunfight in the Red Sands) (one of the first spaghetti westerns )
- 1963: Zorro with the three swords (Le tre spade di Zorro)
- 1963: Three against Sacramento (Gringo)
- 1965: Zorro's cruel oath (El Zorro cabalga otra vez)
- 1966: Destino: Barajas
Web links
- Ricardo Blasco in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ricardo Blasco in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ^ Augusto M. Torres: Directores españoles malditos. 2004, p. 65
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blasco, Ricardo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blasco, Richard (pseudonym); Blasco Laguna, Ricardo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valencia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1994 |
| Place of death | Madrid |