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Gil Parrondo is a Production Design, Set Costumer and In Memory Of Espagnol born on 17 june 1921 at Luarca (Espagne)
Gil Parrondo (born 17 June 1921) is a Spanish art director, set decorator and production designer. He won two Academy Awards and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction.
Dans les années qui suivent, il travaille notamment pour Orson Welles, Juan Antonio Bardem, Robert Rossen, Stanley Kramer, Nicholas Ray ou Anthony Mann. Puis au début des années 1960, arrivent les coproductions américano-espagnoles et l'utilisation de décors naturels espagnols comme pour Lawrence d'Arabie ou Le Docteur Jivago, puis la rencontre avec Franklin J. Schaffner.
Les années 1980 le voient revenir au cinéma espagnol, principalement avec le cinéaste José Luis Garci.
En 1983, il reçoit la médaille d'or du mérite des beaux-arts.
(1965)
(Art Direction)
(1970)
(Art Direction)
(1961)
(Assistant Art Director)
(1971)
(Art Direction)
(1998)
(Set Decoration)
(1969)
(Art Direction)
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Birth name Manuel Gil Parrondo y Rico-Villademoros
Nationality Espagne
Birth 17 june 1921 at Luarca (Espagne)
Death 24 december 2016 (at 95 years)
Nationality Espagne
Birth 17 june 1921 at Luarca (Espagne)
Death 24 december 2016 (at 95 years)
Biography
Gil Parrondo étudie la peinture et l'architecture à l'Académie royale des beaux-arts de San Fernando à Madrid. Il commence à travailler pour le cinéma en 1940 en tant qu'assistant décorateur, puis en 1951 assure pour la première fois la direction artistique d'un film.Dans les années qui suivent, il travaille notamment pour Orson Welles, Juan Antonio Bardem, Robert Rossen, Stanley Kramer, Nicholas Ray ou Anthony Mann. Puis au début des années 1960, arrivent les coproductions américano-espagnoles et l'utilisation de décors naturels espagnols comme pour Lawrence d'Arabie ou Le Docteur Jivago, puis la rencontre avec Franklin J. Schaffner.
Les années 1980 le voient revenir au cinéma espagnol, principalement avec le cinéaste José Luis Garci.
En 1983, il reçoit la médaille d'or du mérite des beaux-arts.
Best films
(1965)(Art Direction)
(1970)(Art Direction)
(1961)(Assistant Art Director)
(1971)(Art Direction)
(1998)(Set Decoration)
(1969)(Art Direction)
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Cold Skin (2017)
Directed by Xavier Gens
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors David Oakes, Aura Garrido, Ray Stevenson, John Benfield
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
À l'automne 1914, alors que la première guerre mondiale a déjà commencé en Europe, un jeune climatologue débarque sur une île déserte située dans l'océan austral pour y travailler pendant un an. Il rencontre le gardien de phare, étrange personnage à la personnalité torturée. Il découvre rapidement qu'ils ne sont pas seuls. À la nuit tombée, d'étranges et redoutables créatures surgissent de la mer.
Blood of May (2008)
, 2h32Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Historical
Actors Quim Gutiérrez, Paula Echevarría, Francisco Algora, Lucía Jiménez, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Carlos Larrañaga
Roles Set Decoration
Rating51%
Year 1808. The young Gabriel Araceli (Quim Gutierrez) is working as a typesetter in a modest printing of Madrid. His girlfriend, Ines (Paula Echevarria), is a pretty orphan girl living in Aranjuez, hosted by his uncle, the evil Don Celestino Santos (Manuel Galiana). During his visit to the Royal Site to see the bride, Gabriel coincides with the historic uprising of 19 March against Godoy, whose palace is assaulted by the mob. Thinking about the girl's sake, Don Celestino consent to Inez moved to Madrid to live with their relatives also Don Mauro Requejo and sister Restituta. Gabriel, to be near his girlfriend, in response to a notice is provided as a waiter in the shop. With the help of the boy John of God, who is in love with the girl, tries to kidnap Agnes, for Don Mauro seeks nothing less than to marry her himself. And after many vicissitudes, Gabriel gets away with taking advantage Ines tumultuous reception that the people of Madrid surrenders to the new King Ferdinand VII, The Desire. They plan to flee to Cadiz, the birthplace of the boy, but times go scrambled because, under the pretext of their way to Portugal, Napoleon's troops entered Spain. I have made friends and allies, but the French soldiers are unpopular with the population of Madrid, which regards them as invaders. And on 2 May explodes the popular revolt against imperial outposts.
Sunday Light (2007)
, 1h51Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Álex González, Alfredo Landa, Paula Echevarría, Carlos Larrañaga, Kiti Mánver, Toni Acosta
Roles Set Decoration
Rating62%
In early 20th-century Spain, Urbano, an idealistic liberal young man arrives in Cenciella, a small village, to be a secretary at the town hall. Urbano falls in love with Estrella, the daughter of a local landowner Joaco. Politically, the town is split in two, with the forces of evil repped by mayor Atila. Urbano tries to remain neutral but his intentions would be brutally punished.
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950 (2004)
, 2h30Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors María Adánez, Elsa Pataky, Francisco Algora, María Asquerino, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Agustín González
Roles Set Decoration
Rating62%
Set in Madrid in the years after the Second World War, the film offers a nostalgic vision of a city managing to sustain entertainment, hope and love in the face of post-war hardship.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
, 2hDirected by Mary McGuckian
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors F. Murray Abraham, Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel
Roles Production Design
Rating50%
The film starts at a public hearing of a council led by Diego de Parada, the Archbishop of Lima (De Niro). Brother Juniper (Byrne) defends his work and his conclusions to the Inquisition, trying to assess whether the people who died were worthy or unworthy of suffering such a tragedy. He analyses the lives of four of the characters and the film flashes back and forth between the hearing and the events that lead to the tragedy.
Story of a Kiss (2002)
, 1h45Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alfredo Landa, Francisco Algora, Agustín González, Manuel Lozano
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
The plot follows two different stories that take place decades apart from each other. Julio (Carlos Hipolito) attends the funeral of the uncle who raised him. After reminiscing with his uncle's friends, Julio remembers his childhood. At that time, his Uncle Blas (Alfredo Landa) fell in love with a much younger women who made him realize how dispassionate his life had become. The adult Julio also attempts to romance a fellow teacher.
The Grandfather (1998)
, 2h31Directed by José Luis Garci
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Actors Fernando Fernán Gómez, Rafael Alonso, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Agustín González, Emma Cohen, Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Roles Set Decoration
Rating72%
Don Rodrigo, Count of Albrit, an old Spanish aristocrat, returns to turn-of-the-20th-century Spain after losing his fortune in America. The death of his only son has made him come back to his family estate, now in possession of his daughter-in-law Lucrecia. Upon his return, Don Rodrigo is pleased to meet his granddaughters, Dolly and Nelly, both of whom are adorable and attentive towards him. However, there is something nagging Don Rodrigo.
Death in Granada (1997)
, 2h22Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Andy García, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Jeroen Krabbé, Miguel Ferrer, Tony Plana
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
La herida luminosa (1997)
, 1h40Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama
Actors Fernando Guillén, Mercedes Sampietro, Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Neus Asensi, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, José Luis Merino
Roles Set Decoration
Rating60%
Dr. Mills, a renowned cardiologist, and his wife Isabel, have had marital problem for a long time. They live accompanied by two maids in a provincial capital in the oppressive Spain of the 1950s. Unexpectedly Love Dr. Mills falls in love with Julia, a young colleague, feeling alive once again. Because Julia makes you feel alive again. Given the refusal of Isabel to a separation, the doctors resorts to crime which is make easier by his profession.
Cradle Song (1994)
, 1h41Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama
Actors Maribel Verdú, Alfredo Landa, Carmelo Gómez, María Luisa Ponte, José Luis Garci
Roles Set Decoration
Rating65%
, 2hDirected by Brian W. Cook, John Glen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Marlon Brando, Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward, Robert Davi, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Oliver Cotton
Roles Production Design
Rating44%
The titular Genoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the West Indies, which eventually leads to the discovery of the Americas.
The Long Winter (1992)
, 2h15Directed by Jaime Camino
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Vittorio Gassman, Jacques Penot, Elizabeth Hurley, Jean Rochefort, Adolfo Marsillach, Asunción Balaguer
Roles Set Decoration
Rating60%
Iguana (1989)
, 1h28Directed by Monte Hellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Horror
Actors Everett McGill, Fabio Testi, Michael Madsen, Jack Taylor, Joseph Culp
Roles Art Direction
Rating60%
In the 19th century, a bizarrely disfigured harpooner named Iguana Oberlus (Everett McGill), suffers abuse from peer sailors on board of a whaling vessel. One night he escapes and continues to live on a remote island of the Galápagos Islands. There, he proclaims himself the ruler of the island and declares war on humanity. Anyone who happens to find himself on the island faces the cruel tyranny of Iguana. He enslaves shipwrecked sailors, and Carmen (Maru Valdivielso) is forced to become his mistress.
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
, 1h42Directed by Richard Lester
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Actors Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, C. Thomas Howell, Kim Cattrall
Roles Production Design
Rating59%
Twenty years after the events of The Four Musketeers, Cardinal Mazarin has imprisoned the Duke of Beaufort. Mazarin hires d'Artagnan to bring together Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, to work for him. Porthos accepts, but Athos and Aramis decline. By this time, Athos has a son named Raoul.
Lionheart (1987)
, 1h44Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne, Nicola Cowper, Sammi Davis, Nicholas Clay, Dexter Fletcher
Roles Production Design
Rating51%
Au Moyen Âge en Europe, un jeune chevalier exilé, Robert Nerra, va prendre en charge une bande d'orphelins pour rejoindre la troisième sainte croisade menée par Richard Cœur de Lion. Il devra les protéger du Chevalier noir, un ancien croisé devenu un marchand d'enfants qu'il destine à l'esclavage...