Juan Padrón (n. Matanzas on January 29, 1947) is a cartoonist, filmmaker, cartoon, illustrator, cartoonist, screenwriter, and director of cuban cinema, is a graduate of Bachelor's degree in Art History at the University of Havana. His early work drawing appeared in the magazine Mella and later in The Sword, a supplement of the magazine Juventud Rebelde. Elpidio Valdés, his most famous character, appears for the first time in the magazine's Pioneering in 1970.
In 1974, he begins his work as a director of cartoons on Cuban Institute of Art and Industry of Cinema, from where it took its characters to the cinema. He made his first feature film in 1979, Elpidio Valdés (feature film), and the second, Vampires in Havana, 1985. In addition to the movie Elpidio Valdés, he is also the creator of the cartoon series “Filminuto”, which appeared for the first time in 1980. From 1986, he worked in collaboration with Quino to create another series called “Quinoscopio". He is currently a board member of the UNEAC.
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