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Pedro Masó Paulet (born 26 January 1927 in
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; died 23 September 2008 in
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), an ...
) was a Spanish director, producer, and scriptwriter. His relation with the cinema began at an early age when he was employed as a boy in the Estudios Chamartín in Madrid. There he performed many jobs, until he was made chief of production in 1953. In 1962 he founded his own production company,
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, with which he produced some of the biggest commercial successes of Spanish film, including ''
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''. In 1986 he created the firm Escorpio Films as a branch of Pedro Maso Producciones and subsequently produced his first feature-length movie, entitled ''
El Tesoro ''El tesoro'' (English: ''Digging for Love'') is a Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast by Caracol Televisión from April 20 to August 23, 2016. Cast * Julio Pachón as ''Silvio Murcia'' * Alina Lozano as ''Judith Ruiz de Murcia'' * ...
'' with direction by Antonio Mercero and based on the novel of
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. From 1993 he directed and produced the series ''Compuesta y Sin Novio'' for the television station
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, starring Lina Morgan and
José Coronado José María Coronado García (born 14 August 1957) is a Spanish film and television actor and former model. His performances playing (often corrupt and/or morally dubious) law enforcement officer roles have brought him some of the greatest succ ...
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Selected filmography

* '' Las chicas de la Cruz Roja'' (1958) * '' Television Stories'' (1965) * '' La Coquito '' (1977)


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Filmography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maso, Perdo Spanish film directors Spanish film producers 1927 births 2008 deaths Honorary Goya Award winners