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Filmmaker · Cuba

Juan Padrón

Died in 2020

Juan Padrón was born on 29 January 1947 in Matanzas. From the sixties he published caricatures and comic strips in the Cuban press, created the character Elpidio Valdés in 1970, then joined the animation department of the Cuban film institute in 1972. There he directed six feature films and many shorts, including the Filminutos, one-minute sketches for adults. Winner of the National Film Prize in 2008, he died in Havana on 24 March 2020.

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