- Valencia, January 8, 2011) was a Spanish

Spanish people

The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....

 film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 most well known for directing the cult classic horror

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 exploitation

Exploitation

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 films, Pieces and Slugs: The Movie (1988).

Pieces is one among the many cult classic horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

s that have recently been restored and digitally remastered by Bob Murawski

Bob Murawski

Bob Murawski is an American film editor as well as a film distributor of cult horror and independent films under the "Box Office Spectaculars" and "Grindhouse Releasing" labels. He was awarded the 2010 Academy Award, BAFTA, and A.C.E. awards for "Best Film Editing" on the feature film, The Hurt...

 of Box Office Spectaculars and Grindhouse Releasing

Grindhouse Releasing

Grindhouse Releasing is a Hollywood-based cult film distribution company owned by director/actor Sage Stallone and headed up by film editor Bob Murawski...

. Juan Piquer Simón owned his own independent studio in Madrid

Madrid

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, Spain, and designed many of his own special effects sequences for his films. He also was the co-director of the Mediterranean Film Festival in Valencia, Spain.

Filmography

As film director:

• España violenta (1964)
• Vida y paz (1965)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (1976)
• Supersonic Man (1979)
• Jules Verne's Mystery on Monster Island (1981)
• Diablos del mar, Los (1982)
• Pieces (1982)
• The Pod People (1983)
• Guerra sucia (1984)
• Slugs: The Movie (1988)
• Cthulhu Mansion (1990)
• The Rift
  The Rift (film)
  The Rift is a 1989 film directed by Juan Piquer Simón and starring R. Lee Ermey involving a submarine rescue that goes awry. It is one of many underwater-themed movies released around 1989, including The Abyss, Leviathan, Deepstar Six, The Evil Below and Lords of the Deep.-Cast:*Jack Scalia as...
  
   (Grieta, La) (1990)
• Isla del diablo, La (1994)
• Manoa, la ciudad de oro (1999)
• Pieces of Juan (as himself) interview with Juan Piquer Simón about his film, Pieces
  Pieces (film)
  Pieces is a 1983 cult classic slasher horror film and "drive-in favorite".-Plot:...
  
  , as well as his life, and career (directed by Nacho Cerda
  Nacho Cerdà
  Nacho Cerdà is a Spanish film director best known for his controversial 1994 film, 'Aftermath'. One year after producing that movie, he was accused of being the person behind the infamous alien autopsy footage...
  
  , available on Grindhouse Releasing
  Grindhouse Releasing
  Grindhouse Releasing is a Hollywood-based cult film distribution company owned by director/actor Sage Stallone and headed up by film editor Bob Murawski...
  
   / Box Office Spectaculars' North American DVD release of Pieces
  Pieces (film)
  Pieces is a 1983 cult classic slasher horror film and "drive-in favorite".-Plot:...
  
  )

External links

Spanish web site for Juan Piquer Simon
(http://juanpiquer.iespana.es/index.html)