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 wo ...
. 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 Sci ...
. 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'' (1991)
* ''
Días contados'' (1994)
* ''
Tierra'' (1995)
* ''
El día de la bestia'' (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 Nim ...
'' (1997)
* ''Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón'' (2001)
* ''
El lobo'' (2004)
* ''
Alatriste'' (2006)
* ''
El laberinto del fauno'' (2006)
* ''
Los abrazos rotos
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'' (2009)
* ''
El cónsul de Sodoma'' (2009)
* ''
Balada triste de trompeta'' (2010)
References
External links
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1949 births
2018 deaths
Special effects people
People from the Province of Badajoz