Manuel Summers Rivero (26 March 1935 – 12 June 1993) was a Spanish

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

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and actor.

Biography

Father of

David Summers Rodríguez David Summers Rodríguez (born 26 February 1964) is a Spanish musician, singer-songwriter, and bassist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the Spanish pop rock band Hombres G. Early and personal life Summers was born in the Chamberí dis ...

leading singer of Pop group

Hombres G Hombres G is a Spanish pop rock band, formed in Madrid in 1983. They are widely considered one of Spain's most prominent pop groups of the 1980s and early 1990s. The band consists of David Summers (bass, vocals), Rafael Gutierrez (guitar), Dani ...

and of Cheyenne Summers, Spanish voice actress, and brother of

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

Guillermo Summers, was born in

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

and later made adoptive son of Lepe,

Huelva Huelva (, ) is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is between two short rias though has an outlying spur including nature reserve on the Gulf of Cádiz coast. The rias ...

. His family originated from England. He died in

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Gua ...

on 12 June 1993 aged 58 from

colorectal cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel m ...

Filmography

Filmography as Film Director: *''El Viejecito'' (1959). Proyecto de fin de carrera para el Instituto de Ciencias Cinematográficas de

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

. *'' Del rosa al amarillo'' (1963). Award at San Sebastian Film Festival. *'' La niña de luto'' (1964). Entered into the

1964 Cannes Film Festival The 17th Cannes Film Festival was held from 29 April to 14 May 1964. On this occasion, the Palme d’Or was renamed "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film", a name that remained in use through 1974, after which it became the Palme d'Or agai ...

. *'' El juego de la oca'' (1966). *'' Juguetes rotos'' (1966). Premio Especial del Jurado en el

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. *''¿Por qué te engaña tu marido?'' (1969). *'' Urtáin, el rey de la selva... o así'' (1969). *'' Adiós, cigüeña, adiós'' (1971). *'' Ángeles gordos'' (1980). Coproduction with United States filmed in

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. *'' To er mundo é güeno'' (1982). *'' To er mundo é... ¡mejó!'' (1982). *''

La Biblia en pasta ''La Biblia en pasta'' (Spanish for "The Bible in pulp paper", a Spanish idiom for something hard and difficult) is a 1984 Spanish comedy film directed by Manuel Summers. It is a humorous version of some episodes from the Old Testament. Plot Th ...

'' (1984). *'' To er mundo é... ¡demasiao!'' (1985). *'' Me hace falta un bigote'' (1986). *'' Sufre Mamón'' (1987). *'' Suéltate el pelo'' (1988). Filmography as actor: *'' The Art of Living'' (1965) *''La niña de luto'', by Manuel Summers. *''Aunque la hormona se vista de seda....'', by

Vicente Escrivá Vicente Escrivá (1 June 1913 – 18 April 1999) was a Spanish film director, producer and screenwriter. He worked on more than 50 films between 1948 and 1999. Selected filmography * '' Agustina of Aragon'' (1950) * ''Our Lady of Fatim ...

(1971). *''Black story. La historia negra de Peter P. Peter'', by

Pedro Lazaga Pedro Lazaga Sabater (3 October 1918 – 30 November 1979) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 90 films between 1948 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' The Black Siren'' (1947) * '' María Morena'' (1951 ...

(1971). *'' Vente a Alemania, Pepe'', by Pedro Lazaga (1971). *''Polvo eres...'', by Vicente Escrivá (1974). *''De profesión: polígamo'', by

Angelino Fons Angelino Fons Fernández (6 March 1936 – 7 June 2011), was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is known for his debut film '' La busca'' (''The Search'') (1966). His career was closely linked to literature, adapting classic Spanish ...

(1975). *''Me hace falta un bigote'', by Manuel Summers. Filmography as producer: *''La niña de luto'', by Manuel Summers. Filmography as screenwriter: *''Del rosa al amarillo'', by Manuel Summers. *''Urtáin, el rey de la selva... o así'', by Manuel Summers.

References

External links

* http://imdb.com/name/nm0838757/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Summers, Manuel 1935 births 1993 deaths Spanish film directors Spanish people of English descent People from Seville Deaths from colorectal cancer Deaths from cancer in Spain