One of the most prolific filmmakers and producers in the history of Spanish cinema, creating the closest thing to an industry there has ever been in our country. Born in Valls (Tarragona) in 1910, he founded the production companies Emisora Films, first, and IFI later, with which he tried to import the studio formula that prevailed in the United States. Drawer, violinist, theatrical decorator and photographer before becoming a filmmaker, he directed more than 80 films, always permeable to the legal limits and fashions of the moment. He made popular comedies (El difunto es un vivo, Los ladrones somos gente honrada, Secretaria para todo, 07 con el 2 delante, La liga no es cosa de hombres), spaghetti westerns (Cinco pistolas de Texas, Los fabulosos de Trinidad) and erotic films (Emmanuelle y Carol, La caliente niña Julieta). His best films include Brigada criminal (1950), El Judas (1952), Fuego en la sangre (1953) and Trigo limpio (1962). Producer of the first two films by Mario Camus, Los farsantes and Young Sánchez, Iquino died in Barcelona in 1994.
Festival de Cine de Sevilla
