Basilio Martín Patino, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish film director
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Place of Birth: Lumbrales, Castile and León, Spain
About Basilio Martín Patino
- Basilio Martín Patino (29 October 1930 in Lumbrales, Salamanca Province – 13 August 2017 in Madrid) was a Spanish film director, specializing in a creative approach to documentary works.
- He produced important pieces on the Spanish Civil War (Canciones para después de una guerra), the famous dictator (Caudillo), or his executioners (Queridísimos verdugos).
- He also produced fiction (Nueve cartas a Berta, Octavia).
- He's done excellent works on the fake documentary category, developing the possibilities of the medium.
- His interest on ancient and modern film technologies has got him involved on a huge collection of magic lanterns and zootropes, and to the early adoption of video technologies, as the new digital tools, as 3D image and offline editing. In 1977, he was a member of the jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.
- In 2005, he received the Gold Medal from the Spanish Academy of Cinema.
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