Norberto_Soliño
Norberto Soliño (born 1902) was a cinematographer businessman.[1]
He was born in Munguía, La Coruña.[2] He moved to La Habana with his family and he studied in a school in Pokespaie, New Jersey.[2] Then he worked with his parents and he played in the Cuba national football team, but he got an injury and left it.[2]
In 1936 he worked with his father Ramón on CIFESA in La Habana,[3] and they distributed films on Hispanoamerica.[4] At the end of 1937 he led the direction of Hispano-Film-Produktion along Johann W. Ther,[5][6] and CINA.[7] This project was received by the Germans through the figure of Wilhelm Ther and became part of a powerful cinematographic industry which was expanded since Hitler's rise to power.[8] He began offering contracts to many Spanish stars,[9] so he hired Florián Rey, Benito Perojo, Imperio Argentina, Estrellita Castro, Miguel Ligero, Roberto Rey and Ricardo Merino, between others.[10] He produced El barbero de Sevilla (1938) with Estrellita Castro and Roberto Rey,[11] and La gitanilla (1940).[12]
After the Spanish Civil War he came back to Spain.[13]