Ricardo Muñoz Suay (28 August 1917 – 2 August 1997) was a Spanish film director, producer and screenwriter. He was one of the editors of the film magazine '' Objetivo'' which was published from 1953 to 1956. He was a member of the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...

. His film ''Sang et Lumières'' (''Sangre y Luces'') was presented at the

1954 Cannes Film Festival The 7th Cannes Film Festival was held from 25 March to 9 April 1954. With Jean Cocteau as President of the Jury, the Grand Prix went to the '' Gate of Hell'' by Teinosuke Kinugasa. The festival opened with '' Le Grand Jeu'' by Robert Siodmak. Th ...

in the feature film category. The Muñoz Suay Prize was created in 1997 by the Spanish Academia de Cine to award historiography work focused on

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Selected filmography

* '' Love in a Hot Climate'' (1954 - directed) * ''

The Adventures of Gil Blas ''The Adventures of Gil Blas'' (French: ''Les Aventures de Gil Blas de Santillane'', Spanish: ''Una aventura de Gil Blas'') is a 1956 French–Spanish adventure film directed by René Jolivet and Ricardo Muñoz Suay and starring Georges Marchal, B ...

'' (1956) * '' The Moment of Truth'' (1965 - wrote) * ''

The Night of the Witches ''The Night of the Witches'' aka ''Night of the Sorcerers'' ( es, La Noche de los Brujos) is a 1974 horror film which starred Maria Kosti, Loli Tovar aka Maria Dolores del Loreto Tovar, Barbara King, Kali Hansa aka Marisol Hernandez, Jack Taylo ...

'' (1973 - produced)

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* 1917 births 1997 deaths People from Valencia Film directors from the Valencian Community Spanish film producers Spanish male writers Male screenwriters Spanish communists 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 20th-century Spanish male writers {{Spain-film-director-stub