Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi


Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa 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.
In the mid-1960s he directed a series of action films designed for the wider European market including Scaramouche in 1963 and Estambul 65 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 in 1977 in favour of producing and distributing films before returning to the director's chair with El Aire de un Crimen in 1987.
He directed 13 feature films, wrote eleven and produced eight.
In 1981, he was the a member the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.

Family

He had one daughter, María Isasi, from his relationship with the actress Marisa Paredes.

Selected filmography

Director