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Antonio Román

Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born November 9, 1911Died June 16, 1989 (77 years)
Antonio Román (9 November 1911 – 16 June 1989) was a prolific Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer.

Antonio Román was born Ourense, Spain on 9 November 1911. Román began directing films in the later 1930s starting with documentaries. His first dramatic feature film was Esquadrilla. His other work includes an adaptation of Lola Montes and La Fierecilla domada, a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew. Many of these films star his wife, actress Yvonne Bastien.

Román has won several international awards such as Golden Olive Tree from the Cine de Humor de Bordighera in Italy for Bombas para la paz and an award for Pacto de silencio from the Cork Festival in Ireland.

Román died on 16 June 1989. Prior to his death, he worked with Radio Exterior. The Spanish newspaper El País stated on his death that Román was one of the most "prominent names in post-war Spanish cinema" directing over 30 films.

Known For

  • Raza
  • Savage Gringo
  • Los últimos de Filipinas
  • The Taming of the Shrew
  • Fuenteovejuna
  • Bombas para la paz
  • Madrugada
  • Congreso en Sevilla
  • Bugles of Fear
  • Pacto de silencio
  • La moglie di mio marito
  • El mesón del gitano

Filmography

1965
Planet of the Vampires · as Screenplay
1957
1956
The Taming of the Shrew · as Screenplay
1955
Congreso en Sevilla · as Screenplay
1945
Los últimos de Filipinas · as Screenplay
1942
Raza · as Screenplay

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