Reyes Abades (25 July 1949 – 1 February 2018) was a Spanish specialist in
special effects
Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual wor ...
. He won nine
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain.
The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...
. Abades worked on more than 300 productions. He contributed to the opening and closing ceremonies for the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in Barcelona. He died of a heart attack at age 68.
Partial filmography
* ''¡Ay, Carmela!'' (1990)
* ''
Beltenebros
''Beltenebros'', also known as ''Prince of Shadows'', is a 1991 Spanish Crime film, crime-Thriller film, thriller mystery film co-written and directed by Pilar Miró and starring Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez (actor), José Luis ...
'' (1991)
* ''
Días contados
''Días contados'' (English title: ''Running Out of Time''; literally: ''Numbered Days'') is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed and written by Imanol Uribe. It features Carmelo Gómez, Ruth Gabriel, Candela Peña, and Javier Bardem, among ot ...
'' (1994)
* ''
Tierra
Tierra may refer to:
Astronomy
*Earth in the Spanish and Asturian language
Computing and games
* Tierra (computer simulation), a computer simulation of life by the ecologist Thomas S. Ray
* Tierra Entertainment, now known as AGD Interactive, a ...
'' (1995)
* ''
El día de la bestia
''The Day of the Beast'' ( es, El día de la bestia, links=no) is a 1995 Spanish-Italian black comedy film with horror elements co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia and starring Álex Angulo, Armando De Razza and Santiago Segura.
The p ...
'' (1995)
* ''
Abre los ojos
''Open Your Eyes'' ( es, Abre los ojos, links=no) is a 1997 Spanish film co-written, co-scored and directed by Alejandro Amenábar and co-written by Mateo Gil. It stars Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martínez and Najwa Nimri. ...
'' (1997)
* ''Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón'' (2001)
* ''
El lobo
''El lobo'' ( en, The Wolf) is a 2004 Spanish drama biographical film directed by Miguel Courtois and starring Eduardo Noriega.
Plot
The film is based on the life of Mikel Lejarza, an agent of the Spanish intelligence service in the early 1 ...
'' (2004)
* ''
Alatriste
''Alatriste'' is a 2006 Spanish epic historical fiction war film directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes, based on the main character of a series of novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, '' The Adventures of Captain Alatriste'' ().
The film, which ...
'' (2006)
* ''
El laberinto del fauno
''Pan's Labyrinth'' ( es, El laberinto del fauno, lit=The Labyrinth of the Faun, links=no) is a 2006 dark fantasy horror film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro. A Spanish-Mexican(78% Spanish production, 22% Mexican produc ...
'' (2006)
* ''
Los abrazos rotos
''Broken Embraces'' ( es, Los abrazos rotos, links=no) is a 2009 Spanish romantic thriller film written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Almodóvar regulars, it stars Lluís Homar as a blind ...
'' (2009)
* ''
El cónsul de Sodoma
''The Consul of Sodom'' ( es, El cónsul de Sodoma, links=no) is a 2009 Spanish film directed by Sigfrid Monleón and starring Jordi Mollà. It is a biopic of the Catalan poet Jaime Gil de Biedma, based on a biography written by Miguel Dalmau.
...
'' (2009)
* ''
Balada triste de trompeta
''The Last Circus'' ( es, Balada triste de trompeta, links=no; ) is a 2010 Spanish-French dark comedy-drama film written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia, which stars Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre and Carolina Bang. It premiered at the ...
'' (2010)
References
External links
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1949 births
2018 deaths
Special effects people
People from the Province of Badajoz