| Frank Spano | |
| Birth Name: | Frank Hernández Spano |
| Birth Place: | Venezuela |
| Citizenship: |  Panama Spain |
| Occupation: | Actor, director, writer |
Frank Hernández Spano is an actor, screenwriter and director with a cinema career spanning 25 years in more than 25 films.[1] [2]
As a scriptwriter and director, Spano made the short film Íntimos (2015), and several feature films.
Spano's film Hora menos (2011) was shown in the official section of the Malaga Festivals 2011, the Moscow Festival, the IFF Panama, the Mostra de Sao Paolo, and the Chicago Latino Film Festival. It won the award for best feature film at the International Festival of Las Palmas de Gran Canarias and Madrid Imagen.
HIDDEN (2017) was Spano's documentary feature film about extreme sport. He was writer/producer/director in a family thriller about organ trafficking: Humanpersons (2018)[3] [4]
Spano has performed as a monologue comedian on Paramount Comedy Spain.[5]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Macu, la mujer del policía | Simón |
| 1991 | Un sueño en el abismo | Luisín |
| 1992 | Fin de round | |
| 1993 | Golpes a mi puerta | Pablo |
| 1995 | Antes de morir | Julio |
| 1996 | La nave de los sueños | |
| 1997 | Pandemonium, la capital del infierno | Evelio |
| 1998 | The Raft: La Balsa | Frank |
| Amaneció de golpe | Sgt. Benítez | |
| 2001 | 3 noches | Circe |
| 2004 | En ninguna parte | Juan |
| 2005 | Diario de un skin | Víctor |
| 2007 | Masala | Jairo |
| 2009 | Malamuerte | Pringao' |
| 2010 | Negocios | Marcos Durán |
| 2012 | Dale La Duke: De Los Ángeles (video short) | Guitar |
| 2013 | El consejero | Man with bar |
| 2014 | Escobar: Paraíso perdido | Christo |
| 2015 | Km 72 | Dimas Luzardo |
| 2016 | 1989: Los últimos de Filipinas | Emissary Tagalo |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mujer secreta | Álvaro Gil | Season 8, episode 7 |
| 2001 | Periodistas | Marcial's son | 1 episode |
| 2001–02 | Policías, en el corazón de la calle | Bibi's husband | 4 episodes |
| 2001–02 | Compañeros | 2 episodes | |
| 2002–06 | El comisario | Various roles | 6 episodes
|
| 2003–08 | Hospital Central | Richard (2003) Washington (2008) | 2 episodes
|
| 2005 | Lobos | Juan | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Los hombres de Paco | Killer arrested by Lucas | 5 episodes |
| 2008 | Aída | MC Killer | 1 episode |
| Sin tetas no hay paraíso | |||
| La que se avecina | Worker | 1 episode | |
| 2009 | ¡A ver si llego! | Francisco | 7 episodes |
| 2011 | Museo Coconut | Instructor NASSA | 1 episode |
| 2020 | White Lines | Hitman 1 | 1 episode |
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | ||||
| 2005 | Íntimos | Short film | ||||
| 2005 | Hora menos | |||||
| 2010 | Negocios | Co-producer | ||||
| 2016 | HIDDEN | Documentary | ||||
| 2018 | Humanpersons | |||||
| 202? | Gauguin and Canal | Pre-production | ||||
| Year | Association | Category | Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Premio Nacional Casa del Artista | Best Actor | Un Sueño en el Abismo |
| 1997 | Premio Festival de Cine Venezolano | Un Sueño en el Abismo, Fin de Round, La Nave de los Sueños and Golpes a mi Puerta | |
| 1999 | Premio C.O.N.A.C. | Best Young Actor | Enrique Porte |
| Premio Marco Antonio Ettedgui | Best Theater Actor | Pessoa: Escindido Insomne | |
| Playwriter | |||
| 2000 | Premio Nacional Casa del Artista | Best Film Actor | La Nave de los Sueños |
| 2003 | Festival de Teatro Breve de Madrid | Día de los enamorados | |
| 2006 | Premio Nacional de Teatro INAC | Gauguin y el Canal | |
| 2011 | International Film Festival Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Best Longfeatured Film | Hora menos |
| Premio Ópera Prima | |||
| Premio Jurado Joven 16ª Festival Madridimagen | |||