Jorge Grau
{{short description|Spanish painter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jorge Grau
| image =
| caption =
| birthname = Jorge Grau Solá
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|10|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|12|26|1930|10|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Madrid, Spain
| occupation = Director, writer, painter
}}
Jorge Grau (born Jorge Grau Solá, 27 October 1930 – 26 December 2018) was a Spanish director, scriptwriter, playwright and painter. His 1965 film Acteón was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1965 |title=4th Moscow International Film Festival (1965) |access-date=2 December 2012 |work=Moscow International Film Festival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116145645/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1965 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |year=1965}} In 1973, he directed Ceremonia sangrienta (a.k.a. Legend of Blood Castle and The Female Butcher), starring Ewa Aulin. In 1974, he directed the cult zombie film The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue (a.k.a. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, a.k.a. Don't Open the Window.) {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TqVtDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT257 |title=Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker |first=Roberto |last=Curti |date=24 March 2017 |publisher=McFarland Publishing |access-date=14 December 2017 |isbn=9781476628387}} Grau died on 27 December 2018.{{cite journal |url=http://cinemania.elmundo.es/noticias/muere-jorge-grau-director-de-ceremonia-secreta-y-la-trastienda/ |title=Jorge Grau dies, director of 'Ceremonia Secreta' and 'La Trastienda' |date=26 December 2018 |journal=Cinemanía |publisher=El Mundo |access-date=26 December 2018 |language=es}}
Selected filmography
- Acteón (1965)
- Ceremonia sangrienta (1973) a.k.a. Legend of Blood Castle, a.k.a. The Female Butcher
- Violent Blood Bath (1973) a.k.a. Penalty of Death
- Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974) a.k.a. The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue
- El extranger-oh! de la calle Cruz del Sur (1987)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0336076}}
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Category:Writers from Barcelona
Category:Spanish male screenwriters
Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Catalonia
Category:Spanish dramatists and playwrights
Category:Spanish male dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century Spanish painters
Category:20th-century Spanish male artists
Category:Spanish male painters
Category:21st-century Spanish painters
Category:Spanish horror film directors
Category:Painters from Barcelona
Category:21st-century Spanish male artists
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