Reyes Abades

{{Short description|Spanish animator (1949–2018)}}

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| name = Reyes Abades

| image=Reyes Abades.jpeg|caption=Abades with an award in 2011

| birth_name = Reyes Abades Tejedor

| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|07|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Castilloblanco, Badajoz

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|02|01|1949|07|25|df=y}}

| occupation = Specialist in special effects and animator

| spouse = María Ruano{{cite news |url=https://www.hoy.es/caceres/filmoteca-rinde-homenaje-20180421003913-ntvo.html |title=La Filmoteca rinde homenaje a la figura de Reyes Abades |author=E.P. |date=21 April 2018 |access-date=9 October 2023 |newspaper=Hoy |language=es}}

| children = Óscar and César Abades{{cite news |url=https://www.eldiario.es/extremadura/reyes-abades-extremenos-importantes-ultimos_1_2160371.html |title=Reyes Abades, uno de los extremeños más importantes "de los últimos 50 años" |date=21 April 2018 |access-date=9 October 2023 |newspaper=El Diario |language=es}}

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Reyes Abades (25 July 1949 – 1 February 2018) was a Spanish specialist in special effects. He won nine Goya Awards.{{Cite news |newspaper=El Mundo |title=Muere Reyes Abades, especialista en efectos especiales ganador de nueve premios Goya y candidato este año a dos más |url=http://www.elmundo.es/cultura/2018/02/01/5a7388fae5fdeaee3f8b4758.html |date=1 February 2018 |access-date=2 February 2018 |language=es |publisher=Unidad Editorial Información General, S.L.U.}} Abades worked on more than 300 productions. He contributed to the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.{{cite web |title=Muere Reyes Abades, uno de los mayores especialistas en efectos especiales del cine español |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/2018/02/01/fallece-reyes-abades-uno-de-los-mayores-especialistas-en-efectos-especiales-del-cine-espanol_a_23350575/ |website=El HuffPost |language=es |date=February 1, 2018}} He died of a heart attack at age 68.{{Cite news |last=Belinchón |first=Gregorio |title=Muere Reyes Abades, el gran especialista del cine español en efectos especiales |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/02/01/actualidad/1517520894_778621.html |date=2 February 2018 |access-date=2 February 2018 |newspaper=El País |issn=1134-6582 |language=es |publisher=Prisa |location=Madrid}}{{cite news |last1=Tsanis |first1=Magdalena |title=Reyes Abades, el mago de los efectos especiales |url=https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/cultura/2018/02/02/reyes-abades-mago-efectos-especiales-44199242.html |work=El Periódico Extremadura |date=February 2, 2018 |language=es}}

He had two children with María Ruano, Óscar and César, who are also visual effect artists.{{cite news |url=https://cibra.es/2021/11/16/oscar-y-cesar-abades-hace-falta-tecnicos-de-efectos-especiales-en-este-pais/ |title=Óscar y César Abades: "Hacen falta técnicos de efectos especiales en este país" |date=16 November 2021 |access-date=9 October 2023 |work=Festival de Cine y la Palabra |language=es}}