Antonio Drove

Known for DirectingBorn 1942-11-01Died 2005-09-24 Madrid, Spain

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.Read more

Movies & web series

La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea

Nosotros que fuimos tan felices

¿Qué se puede hacer con una chica?

Curro Jiménez

Coarse Salt

Eurocops

El hombre de moda

La caza de brujas

Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés

The Truth on the Savolta Affair

The Tunnel

Tocata y fuga de Lolita

El crimen de Don Benito

B. Must Die

Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe

To the Devil, with Love

Crónicas del mal

El gran amante

Run, Blancanieves, Run