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Joan Mariné, director of photography and last survivor of Laya Films, dies

Joan Mariné (Barcelona, 1920) He has died at the age of 104. He embodied part of the history of cinema but also of that country. Director of photography, film restorer and researcher, he was the last survivor of the Laya Films team, the film production company of the Generalitat during the Civil War. He was later director of photography for some of the most popular titles of the post-war period, from The big family until Stories from television, passing through the films of Joselito. And for several decades now he has been dedicated body and soul to film restoration.

He has died at the age of 104. He embodied part of the history of cinema but also of that country. Director of photography, film restorer and researcher, he was the last survivor of the Laya Films team, the film production company of the Generalitat during the Civil War.

He was later director of photography for some of the most popular titles of the post-war period, from until , passing through the films of And for several decades now he has been dedicated body and soul to film restoration. (We are expanding the information).