
Antonio Román
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-11-09
Day of Death
1989-06-16 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Ourense, Ourense, Galicia, Spain
Antonio Román
Biography
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.
Crew
(1970)
El mesón del gitano
Director
(1966)
Gunman Called Nebraska
Story, Director, Screenplay
(1966)
Trap for Seven Spies
Writer
(1965)
Planet of the Vampires
Screenplay
(1964)
Shot in the Back
Director
(1963)
El sol en el espejo
Director
(1963)
Pacto de silencio
Director, Writer
(1959)
Bombs for Peace
Director
(1958)
Los clarines del miedo
Director
(1957)
Madrugada
Director, Writer
(1956)
La fierecilla domada
Director, Screenplay
(1956)
Dos novias para un torero
Writer, Director
(1955)
Congress in Seville
Director
(1952)
Último día
Director, Writer
(1952)
La forastera
Director
(1950)
La fuente enterrada
Director
(1950)
El pasado amenaza
Director
(1949)
Pacto de silencio
Director
(1947)
Fuenteovejuna
Director
(1945)
Los últimos de Filipinas
Director, Screenplay
(1945)
O carro e o home
Director, Writer
(1943)
La casa de la lluvia
Screenplay, Director
(1942)
Raza
Screenplay
(1942)
Boda en el infierno
Director
(1942)
Intriga
Director
(1941)
Escuadrilla
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1940)
Barcelona. Ritmo de un día
Director