Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
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Narciso Ibáñez Serrador is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
), also known as Chicho Ibáñez Serrador or Luis Peñafiel is a film, television and theater director, actor
Actor
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and screenwriter.
He is the son of Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Narciso Ibáñez Menta was a Spanish theatre, film, and television actor.Born in Langreo, Asturias, Spain, Menta made his first stage appearance in 1919 at the Teatro La Comedia of Buenos Aires. He worked in both theatre and film in Argentina until 1964, when he returned to Spain and developed a...
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Biography
He was born in 1935 in MontevideoMontevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
and from an early age was influenced by the world of acting: his father was the Spanish theater director Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Narciso Ibáñez Menta was a Spanish theatre, film, and television actor.Born in Langreo, Asturias, Spain, Menta made his first stage appearance in 1919 at the Teatro La Comedia of Buenos Aires. He worked in both theatre and film in Argentina until 1964, when he returned to Spain and developed a...
, while his mother was Argentinan actress Pepita Serrador. He spent his childhood in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
accompanying their parents during their tour performances.
In 1947 he moved to Spain
Spain
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, where he attended high school in the city of Salamanca
Salamanca
Salamanca is a city in western Spain, in the community of Castile and León. Because it is known for its beautiful buildings and urban environment, the Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. It is the most important university city in Spain and is known for its contributions to...
. He began to work with a theater company and made his theater director debut with The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie is a four-character memory play by Tennessee Williams. Williams worked on various drafts of the play prior to writing a version of it as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted...
by Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
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In 1963 he began to work in Spanish television and later transitioned to feature films and directed such films as The House That Screamed and Who Can Kill a Child?
Who Can Kill a Child?
Who Can Kill a Child? is a 1976 Spanish horror film directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador. It is about an English couple who find an island inhabited by maniacal children.-Plot:...