Antonio Mercero | |
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![]() Mercero in 2007 | |
Born | Antonio Mercero Juldain 7 March 1936 Lasarte-Oria (Gipuzkoa), Spain |
Died | 12 May 2018 Madrid, Spain | (aged 82)
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1962–2007 |
Antonio Mercero Juldain (7 March 1936 – 12 May 2018) was a Spanish director of the television series Verano azul and Farmacia de guardia. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled La cabina, which won an Emmy Award. His 1998 film A Time for Defiance was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver St. George.[1] In 2010, he was awarded an Honorary Goya Award (Goya de Honor).[2][3] He died on 12 May 2018 in Madrid at the age of 82 after a battle against Alzheimer's.[4]