Juan Piquer Simón
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Juan Piquer Simón (born 16 February 1935, Valencia, Spain) is an Spanish film director most well known for directing the cult classic horror exploitation films, Pieces and Slugs: The Movie (1988).
Pieces is one among the many cult classic horror films that have recently been restored and digitally remastered by Bob Murawski of Box Office Spectaculars and Grindhouse Releasing.
Juan Piquer Simón owns his own independent studio in Madrid, Spain, and designs many of his own special effects sequences for his films. He is now also the co-director of the Mediterranean Film Festival in Valencia, Spain.
[edit] Filmography
As film director:
- España violenta (1964)
- Vida y paz (1965)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1976)
- Supersonic Man (1979)
- Jules Verne's 'Mystery on Monster Island' (1981)
- Diablos del mar, Los (1982)
- Pieces (1982)
- The Pod People (1983)
- Guerra sucia (1984)
- Slugs: The Movie (1988)
- Cthulhu Mansion (1990)
- Grieta, La (1990)
- Isla del diablo, La (1994)
- Manoa, la ciudad de oro (1999)
