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- Emilio Ruiz
- Emilio Ruiz del Río was born on April 11, 1923 in Madrid, Spain. He is known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), The Devil's Backbone (2001) and Dune (1984). He died on September 14, 2007 in Madrid, Spain.
- Award-winning set designer and special-effects master. During his career--spanning more than 60 years--he worked on more than 450 films, with such directors as Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick and George Cukor.
- When a director asks me for one thing I give him two, not out of generosity but because in this way I impose on myself a challenge that I have to resolve, and this stimulates me. - 1996 memoirs
- Everything I have done and continue to do is aimed exclusively at learning. - 1996 memoirs
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