Víctor Andrés Catena

{{short description|Spanish screenwriter and director}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Víctor Andrés Catena

| birth_date = {{birth year|1925}}

| birth_place = Spain

| death_date = {{death date|2009|05|02|df=y}} (aged 84)

| death_place = Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

| occupation = Screenwriter and film and television director

| other_names = Víctor A. Catena

}}

Víctor Andrés Catena (1925 – 2 May 2009) was a Spanish screenwriter and film, television and theater director.

Originally titled as Ray el Magnífico, he wrote the story of A Fistful of Dollars (1964),{{cite news |url=https://www.diariosur.es/culturas/guion-lanzo-desconocido-20171024003916-nt.html |title=El guión que lanzó al desconocido Clint Eastwood |first=Francisco |last=Griñán |date=24 October 2017 |access-date=12 July 2019 |newspaper=Diario Sur |publisher=Vocento |language=es}} and I pirati della Malesia (1964), both along Jaime Comas.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LFRuBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA7 |title=The Clint Eastwood Westerns |first=James L. |last=Neibaur |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |date=12 March 2015 |page=7 |isbn=9781442245044}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IO08DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA147 |title=Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990 |first1=Roy |last1=Kinnard |first2=Tony |last2=Crnkovich |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=20 February 2017 |page=147 |isbn=9781476662916}} He directed El último tranvía, starring Lina Morgan.{{cite news |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2015-08-20/lina-morgan-mejores-videos_979436/ |title=Muere Lina Morgan: su carrera desde 'La tonta del bote' a 'Hostal Royal Manzanares' |first=Aurora |last=Vasco Campos |date=20 August 2015 |access-date=12 July 2019 |newspaper=El Confidencial |language=es}}

He debuted as a theater writer with Crónica de un cobarde, released in 1966 and was directed by him.{{sfn|García Ruiz|Torres Nebrera|2002|p=112}} He also directed Sé infiel y no mires con quién, starring Pedro Osinaga;{{cite news |url=https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/cultura/actores-y-politicos-dan-su-ultimo-adios-a-pedro-osinaga/10005-3479815# |title=Actores y políticos dan su último adiós a Pedro Osinaga |date=30 December 2017 |access-date=12 July 2019 |work=EFE |language=es}} and Don Juan o el amor a la geometría.{{sfn|García Ruiz|Torres Nebrera|2002|p=21}}

He was the director of the Aula de Cultura de la Universidad de Granada,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=seq0HursJQgC&pg=PA36 |title=Ésta es la cuestión: memorias de un actor |first=Teófilo |last=Calle |publisher=EDITUM |year=2000 |page=36 |isbn=9788483711736}} and there it was premiered Romeo and Juliet.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VqBADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA201 |title=Romeo and Juliet in European Culture |first1=Juan F. |last1=Cerdá |first2=Dirk |last2=Delabastita |first3=Keith |last3=Gregor |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company |date=15 December 2017 |page=201 |isbn=9789027264787}} He influenced Rafael Pérez Estrada.{{cite news |url=https://www.diariosur.es/v/20120506/cultura/rafael-perez-estrada-manda-20120506.html |title=Rafael Pérez Estrada manda |first=Marina |last=Martínez Martínez |date=6 May 2012 |access-date=12 July 2019 |newspaper=Diario Sur |publisher=Vocento |language=es}}

He died on 2 May 2009 at the age of 84.{{cite news |url=https://www.ideal.es/granada/20090623/cultura/fallece-victor-andres-catena-20090623.html |title=Fallece Víctor Andrés Catena, guionista e impulsor del teatro en Granada |first=G. |last=Pedrosa |date=23 June 2009 |access-date=12 July 2019 |newspaper=Ideal |language=es |publisher=Vocento}}