About

Known credits:
69
Birthday:
1904-05-25
Place of birth:
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Website:
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Luis Marquina

Overview

Luis Marquina Pichot (Barcelona, May 25, 1904-Madrid, June 26, 1980) was a Spanish sound engineer, screenwriter, producer and film director.

Son of the playwright Eduardo Marquina and by maternal branch of the Pitxot family (whose surname he Spanishized to Pichot) in whose family he had three artist uncles: Ramón, painter; Ricardo, cellist and student of Pau Casals; Luis, violinist; and María, opera singer known as María Gay. The Pitxot family had a great friendship with the Dalí family of Figueras, so the young Luis met and befriended Salvador Dalí.

Despite the literary and artistic environment in which he was educated, he decided to study a technical career, Industrial Engineering, specializing in the then pioneering techniques of sound recording, of great application with the advent of sound film. In 1933 he was appointed assistant technical sound director of the CEA studios in Ciudad Lineal, where he was in charge of such significant films as El agua en el suelo, Doña Francisquita, La traviesa molinera and La Dolorosa. In 1935, the Filmófono company, managed by Luis Buñuel, offered him his directorial debut in Don Quintín el amargao.

The following year he made what has always been considered his best film, El bailarín y el trabajador, a musical comedy based on a comedy by Jacinto Benavente.

During the Spanish Civil War he lived in Argentina, collaborating in two local productions, as co-director in La chismosa (1938) and as scriptwriter in Así es la vida (1939). In 1940 he worked in Rome within the framework of the Spanish-Italian Cinematographic Agreement. Between 1941 and 1944 he continuously made a series of films that were received coldly by the critics (and in some cases in a frankly negative way, such as Santander, la ciudad en llamas), so he interrupted his directing work for a few years, which he did not resume until 1948.

Known for

Directing
1972 Siege of Terror Directing Director 59
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1968 Tuset Street Directing Director 58
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1963 La batalla del domingo Directing Director 59
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1962 Ventolera Directing Director 58
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1961 ¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón! Directing Director 59
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1961 La viudita naviera Directing Director N/A
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1957 Spanish Affair Directing Director 59
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1954 Haute Couture Directing Director 58
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1954 Las últimas banderas Directing Director N/A
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1953 This is Madrid Directing Director 59
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1952 Amaya Directing Director 58
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1952 Manchas de sangre en la luna Directing Director 58
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1951 Quema el suelo Directing Director N/A
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1950 El capitán Veneno Directing Director 58
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1949 Filigrana Directing Director 59
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1944 Santander, la ciudad en llamas Directing Director 58
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1943 Noche fantástica Directing Director N/A
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1942 Vidas cruzadas Directing Director 58
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1942 Malvaloca Directing Director 58
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1941 Torbellino Directing Director N/A
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1941 Su hermano y él Directing Director N/A
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1940 Amore di ussaro Directing Director N/A
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1937 Un anuncio y cinco cartas Directing Director 59
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1936 The Dancer and the Worker Directing Director 58
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1935 Don Quintín, el amargao Directing Director 58
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Writing
1972 Siege of Terror Writing Story 59
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1972 Siege of Terror Writing Screenplay 59
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1970 Mr. Superinvisible Writing Screenplay 58
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1967 The Viscount Writing Writer 59
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1963 La batalla del domingo Writing Writer 59
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1962 Ventolera Writing Writer 58
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1961 ¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón! Writing Writer 59
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1961 La viudita naviera Writing Screenplay N/A
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1960 Navidades en junio Writing Adaptation 59
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1960 Un trono para Cristy Writing Screenplay 59
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1960 ¿Dónde vas, triste de ti? Writing Writer 58
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1960 Maribel and the Strange Family Writing Writer 58
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1959 Una gran señora Writing Writer N/A
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1959 ¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII? Writing Writer 58
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1958 Una muchachita de Valladolid Writing Screenplay 59
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1957 Madrugada Writing Writer 58
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1956 Los maridos no cenan en casa Writing Writer N/A
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1954 Haute Couture Writing Writer 58
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1952 Amaya Writing Writer 58
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1952 Manchas de sangre en la luna Writing Writer 58
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1951 Quema el suelo Writing Writer N/A
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1950 El capitán Veneno Writing Writer 58
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1949 Filigrana Writing Writer 59
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1947 Serenata española Writing Story N/A
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1945 La luna vale un millón Writing Story 59
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1945 La luna vale un millón Writing Adaptation 59
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1944 Santander, la ciudad en llamas Writing Writer 58
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1943 Noche fantástica Writing Screenplay N/A
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1941 Torbellino Writing Screenplay N/A
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1941 Su hermano y él Writing Writer N/A
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1939 Así es la vida Writing Adaptation 59
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1938 La chismosa Writing Screenplay N/A
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1938 La chismosa Writing Dialogue N/A
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1936 The Dancer and the Worker Writing Screenplay 58
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Production
1972 Fuenteovejuna Production Unit Production Manager 59
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1958 El pasado te acusa Production Producer 59
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1957 Madrugada Production Producer 58
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1956 Los maridos no cenan en casa Production Producer N/A
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Sound
1935 Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si Sound Sound N/A
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1935 Broken Lives Sound Sound N/A
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1935 Una de miedo Sound Sound 58
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1934 It Happened in Spain Sound Sound N/A
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1934 Doña Francisquita Sound Sound N/A
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1934 El agua en el suelo Sound Sound Engineer N/A
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