Antonio Gasset Dubois (19 May 1946 – 29 September 2021) was a Spanish

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and

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. He was best known for his work as

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and

of the TVE program ''

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'', having won the award for best educational program during the 2002 . He was director of ''Los hábitos del incendiario'' 1970. From the 1970s into the early-1980s, Antonio starred in several Spanish films.Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema Alberto Mira - 2010 - Page 26 "Director Ivan Zulueta wrote the script from an early version by Augusto M. Torres and Antonio Gasset, which was so completely reworked that both writers have given up any claim at authorship. " In 1994 he became director of the program ''Días de cine'', with

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as host. On 23 September 2003, once again as both director and host, he debuted the television show ''Off Cinema'', which attempted to spread independent film to a broad audience. His last broadcast as director of Dias de Cine was on the 20th of December, 2007.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gasset, Antonio 1945 births 2021 deaths Spanish journalists Spanish television presenters Spanish film critics People from Madrid