Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Born 1927 (age 90) · Madrid, Spain
Appears in 29 titles

Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was a Spanish film director and producer. Isasi-Isasmendi began working in the production firm Emisora Films as an assistant manager, film editor, scriptwriter, lead producer, and finally director. In 1955 he founded his own production company, Producciones Isasi in Barcelona. He founded a second firm, Moon Films, in Madrid. In the mid-1960s he directed a series of action films designed for the wider European market including Scaramouche (The Adventures of Scaramouche) in 1963 and Estambul 65 (That Man in Istanbul) in 1965. He made some English-language films, most notably They Came to Rob Las Vegas. He abandoned directing for a decade after making El Perro (The Dog) in 1977 in favour of producing and distributing films before returning to the director's chair with El Aire de un Crimen (The Hint of a Crime) in 1987.

Filmography

They Came to Rob Las Vegas
5.9
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
1968
Director
That Man in Istanbul
5.7
That Man in Istanbul
1965
Director
A Dog Called... Vengeance
5.5
A Dog Called... Vengeance
1977
Director
Summertime Killer
5.8
Summertime Killer
1972
Director
The Adventures of Scaramouche
Scent of a Crime
4.0
Scent of a Crime
1988
Director
Tierra de todos
7.0
Tierra de todos
1962
Director
Vamos a contar mentiras
7.8
Vamos a contar mentiras
1962
Director
La mentira tiene cabellos rojos
Sentencia contra una mujer
10.0
Sentencia contra una mujer
1960
Director
Rapsodia de sangre
7.0
Rapsodia de sangre
1957
Director
Relato policíaco
10.0
Relato policíaco
1954
Director
Diego Corrientes
9.0
Diego Corrientes
1959
Director
La huida
8.0
La huida
1956
Director
Rafael en Raphael
Rafael en Raphael
1975
Director