
Antonio Drove
Known For
Directing
Birthday
November 1, 1942
Day of Death
September 24, 2005 (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

The Truth on the Savolta Affair
1980

Tocata y fuga de Lolita
1974

The Tunnel
1988

Curro Jiménez
1976

La caza de brujas
1967

B. Must Die
1975

To the Devil, with Love
1972

El crimen de Don Benito
1991

Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
1975

Nosotros que fuimos tan felices
1976

La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
1973

Eurocops
1988

¿Qué se puede hacer con una chica?
1970

Crónicas del mal
1992