Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 01, 1942
Died
Sep 24, 2005
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Credits
20 titles
Antonio Drove
Biography
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
Filmography
Crónicas del mal
Creator
El crimen de Don Benito
Director
Eurocops
Writer
The Tunnel
Director
Coarse Salt
Voz (voice)
El hombre de moda
Carvajal
The Truth on the Savolta Affair
Director
Curro Jiménez
Director
Nosotros que fuimos tan felices
Director
B. Must Die
Writer
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
Director
Tocata y fuga de Lolita
Director
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
Writer
To the Devil, with Love
Writer
Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos
Writer
¿Qué se puede hacer con una chica?
Director
Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés
Antonio
El gran amante
The Director
La caza de brujas
Director
Run, Blancanieves, Run
Dwarf