Pedro Masó

Pedro Masó Paulet (born 26 January 1927 in Madrid; died 23 September 2008 in Madrid) was a Spanish director, producer, and scriptwriter. His relation with the cinema began at an early age when he was employed as a boy in the in Madrid. There he performed many jobs, until he was made chief of production in 1953. In 1962 he founded his own production company, , with which he produced some of the biggest commercial successes of Spanish film, including Atraco a las tres, , and . In 1986 he created the firm as a branch of Pedro Maso Producciones and subsequently produced his first feature-length movie, entitled with direction by Antonio Mercero and based on the novel of Miguel Delibes. From 1993 he directed and produced the series Compuesta y Sin Novio for the television station Antena 3, starring Lina Morgan and José Coronado.