Frank Spano

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Spano.
Frank Spano
Born
Frank Hernández Spano

Venezuela
Citizenship Panama
 Venezuela
 Spain
Occupation(s)Actor, director, writer

Frank Hernández Spano is an actor, screenwriter and director with a cinema career spanning 25 years in more than 25 films.[1][2]

As a scriptwriter and director, Spano made the short film Íntimos (2015), and several feature films.

Spano's film Hora menos (2011) was shown in the official section of the Malaga Festivals 2011, the Moscow Festival, the IFF Panama, the Mostra de Sao Paolo, and the Chicago Latino Film Festival. It won the award for best feature film at the International Festival of Las Palmas de Gran Canarias and Madrid Imagen.[3]

HIDDEN (2017) was Spano's documentary feature film about extreme sport. He was writer/producer/director in a family thriller about organ trafficking: Humanpersons (2018)[4][5]

Spano has performed as a monologue comedian on Paramount Comedy Spain.[6]

Filmography

As actor

Films

Year Title Role
1987 Macu, la mujer del policía Simón
1991 Un sueño en el abismo Luisín
1992 Fin de round
1993 Golpes a mi puerta Pablo
1995 Antes de morir Julio
1996 La nave de los sueños
1997 Pandemonium, la capital del infierno Evelio
1998 The Raft: La Balsa Frank
Amaneció de golpe Sgt. Benítez
2001 3 noches Circe
2004 En ninguna parte Juan
2005 Diario de un skin Víctor
2007 Masala Jairo
2009 Malamuerte Pringao'
2010 Negocios Marcos Durán
2012 Dale La Duke: De Los Ángeles (video short) Guitar
2013 El consejero[7] Man with bar
2014 Escobar: Paraíso perdido Christo
2015 Km 72 Dimas Luzardo
2016 1989: Los últimos de Filipinas[8] Emissary Tagalo

TV Series

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Mujer secreta Álvaro Gil Season 8, episode 7
2001 Periodistas Marcial's son 1 episode
2001–02 Policías, en el corazón de la calle Bibi's husband 4 episodes
2001–02 Compañeros 2 episodes
2002–06 El comisario Various roles 6 episodes
  • 1 episode in 2002
  • 3 episodes in 2004
  • 2 episodes in 2006
2003–08 Hospital Central Richard (2003)
Washington (2008) 		2 episodes
  • 1 episode in 2003 as Richard
  • 1 episode in 2008 as Washington
2005 Lobos Juan 1 episode
2007 Los hombres de Paco Killer arrested by Lucas 5 episodes
2008 Aída MC Killer 1 episode
Sin tetas no hay paraíso
La que se avecina Worker 1 episode
2009 ¡A ver si llego! Francisco 7 episodes
2011 Museo Coconut Instructor NASSA 1 episode
2020 White Lines Hitman 1 1 episode

As director

Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Writer Producer
2005 Íntimos Yes Yes No Short film
2005 Hora menos Yes Yes Yes
2010 Negocios No No Yes Co-producer
2016 HIDDEN Yes Yes Yes Documentary
2018 Humanpersons Yes Yes Yes
202? Gauguin and Canal Yes Yes Yes Pre-production

Awards

Year Association Category Work
1996 Premio Nacional Casa del Artista Best Actor Un Sueño en el Abismo
1997 Premio Festival de Cine Venezolano Un Sueño en el Abismo, Fin de Round, La Nave de los Sueños
and Golpes a mi Puerta
1999 Premio C.O.N.A.C. Best Young Actor Enrique Porte
Premio Marco Antonio Ettedgui Best Theater Actor Pessoa: Escindido Insomne
Playwriter
2000 Premio Nacional Casa del Artista Best Film Actor La Nave de los Sueños
2003 Festival de Teatro Breve de Madrid Día de los enamorados
2006 Premio Nacional de Teatro INAC Gauguin y el Canal
2011 International Film Festival Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Best Longfeatured Film Hora menos
Premio Ópera Prima
Premio Jurado Joven 16ª Festival Madridimagen

References

  1. ^ "Frank Spano". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  2. ^ "Frank Spano | revista siete | Panamá 2013". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  3. ^ Hora menos, retrieved 2018-10-23
  4. ^ Hopewell, John (2014-07-22). "Frank Spano sets 'Human Persons' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  5. ^ rorocu (2018-10-02). "'Human persons', drama, descarnado, con el sello del cineasta panameño Frank Spano". Panamá América (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  6. ^ "Frank Spano - Vídeos". Comedy Central Espana (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  7. ^ The Counsellor, retrieved 2018-10-23
  8. ^ 1898. Los últimos de Filipinas, retrieved 2018-10-23