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Antonio Drove
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…
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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.
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1992
Crónicas del mal
TV show Creator
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1991
El crimen de Don Benito
Movie Director
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1988
Eurocops
TV show Writer
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1988
The Tunnel
Movie Director
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1984
Coarse Salt
Movie Voz (voice)
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1980
El hombre de moda
Movie Carvajal
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1980
The Truth on the Savolta Affair
Movie Director
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1976
Curro Jiménez
TV show Director
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1976
Nosotros que fuimos tan felices
Movie Director
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1975
B. Must Die
Movie Writer
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1975
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
Movie Director
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1974
Tocata y fuga de Lolita
Movie Director
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1973
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
Movie Writer
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1972
To the Devil, with Love
Movie Writer
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1972
Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos
TV show Writer
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1970
¿Qué se puede hacer con una chica?
Movie Director
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1969
Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés
Movie Antonio
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1969
El gran amante
Movie The Director
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1967
La caza de brujas
Movie Director
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1967
Run, Blancanieves, Run
Movie Dwarf
