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Antonio Drove

Director, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born November 1, 1942Died September 24, 2005 (62 years)
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.

Known For

  • The Tunnel
  • The Truth on the Savolta Affair
  • Un, dos, tres... al escondite inglés
  • Hay que matar a B.
  • Tocata y fuga de Lolita
  • La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
  • Curro Jimenez
  • Eurocops
  • Nosotros que fuimos tan felices
  • Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
  • La huella del crimen
  • Crónicas del mal

Filmography

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