Antonio Drove

Regissör, Författare, Skådespelare

1 november 1942 — 24 september 2005 (62 år)
Antonio Drove (Madrid, November 1, 1942 - Paris, September 24, 2005) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.

He began his studies in Industrial Engineering, abandoning them to devote himself to cinema, enrolling in the Escuela Oficial de Cine (Official Film School). He was part of the Argüelles School, together with Luis Revenga, Antonio Franco, José María Carreño, Miguel Marías and Manolo Marinero, who met at the end of the 1960s in the cafeteria La Verdad, and in the cinemas of this neighborhood. The writer Antonio Martínez Sarrión defined him as follows: "The funambulist, the illusionist, the Fregoli of the group was Drove, personification and sign of the noble and ancient art of inventing entertainment". He also wrote in the magazine Nuestro cine and in El Mundo. He also made a documentary on Luis Buñuel. He has German ancestors.

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  • The Tunnel
    The Tunnel1988
  • The Truth on the Savolta Affair
    The Truth on the Savolta Affair1980
  • Un, dos, tres... al escondite inglés
    Un, dos, tres... al escondite inglés1970
  • Prickskytten
    Prickskytten1980
  • Tocata y fuga de Lolita
    Tocata y fuga de Lolita1974
  • La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
    La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea1973
  • Curro Jimenez
    Curro Jimenez3 seasons
  • Nosotros que fuimos tan felices
    Nosotros que fuimos tan felices1976
  • Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
    Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe1975
  • La huella del crimen
    La huella del crimen3 seasons
  • Crónicas del mal
    Crónicas del mal1 season