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Adolfo Fernández, Actor and Theatre Director, Dies of Cancer at 67

The Spanish Academy of Cinema confirmed the death of the Seville-born, Bilbao-raised theatre leader renowned for K Producciones, with a 2018 Premio Max to his name.

Overview

  • He died at his home in Perales de Tajuña, Madrid, a death announced by the Spanish Academy of Cinema.
  • Fernández founded K Producciones in 2002 to stage contemporary works with political and social focus.
  • He shared the 2018 Premio Max for adapting Rafael Chirbes’s En la orilla for the stage.
  • On screen he appeared in series such as Policías and Águila Roja and worked with filmmakers including Pedro Almodóvar and Mario Gas.
  • Born in Seville and raised in Bizkaia from age four, he co-founded the Pabellón 6 collective and previously overcame a cancer that briefly paused his career before returning to the stage during the pandemic.