 Padrón directed six animated feature films in total, along with many shorts, especially those with Elpidio Valdés as the main character; and the one-minute comedy sketches for adults "Filminutos".In 2008, Padrón was selected as the recipient of Cuba's National Film Award.On March 24th, 2020 Juan Padron died in Havana, Cuba after having been in the hospital in Intensive Care for several days due to a lung disease.