
Antonio Drove
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-11-01
Day of Death
2005-09-24 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
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
Acting
(1984)
Coarse Salt
as Voz (voice)
(1980)
El hombre de moda
as Carvajal
(1970)
Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés
as Antonio
(1969)
El gran amante
as The Director
(1967)
Run, Blancanieves, Run
as Dwarf
Crew
(1992)
Su juguete favorito
Director
(1991)
El crimen de Don Benito
Director, Writer
(1988)
The Tunnel
Director, Screenplay
(1980)
The Truth on the Savolta Affair
Director, Writer
(1976)
Nosotros que fuimos tan felices
Director
(1975)
(1975)
B. Must Die
Writer
(1974)
Tocata y fuga de Lolita
Director, Writer
(1973)
(1972)
To the Devil, with Love
Writer
(1970)
¿Qué se puede hacer con una chica?
Director, Screenplay
(1967)
La caza de brujas
Director, Screenplay, Screenstory