Antonio Román
Directing
- Born
- November 9, 1911 · Ourense, Ourense, Galicia, Spain
- Died
- June 16, 1989 (age 77)
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.
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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.
Known for
Planet of the Vampires
September 15, 1965
Gunman Called Nebraska
March 18, 1966
Raza
January 30, 1942
Los últimos de Filipinas
May 9, 1945
Fuenteovejuna
November 20, 1947
Los clarines del miedo
November 3, 1958
Pacto de silencio
June 1, 1963
La fierecilla domada
January 23, 1956
Congress in Seville
September 3, 1955
La casa de la lluvia
October 4, 1943
Dos novias para un torero
December 6, 1956
Bombs for Peace
June 12, 1959
Behind the camera28
- 1970El mesón del gitano Director
- 1966Trap for Seven Spies Writer
- 1966Gunman Called Nebraska Story, Screenplay, Director
- 1965Planet of the Vampires Screenplay
- 1964Shot in the Back Director
- 1963El sol en el espejo Director
- 1963Pacto de silencio Director, Writer
- 1959Bombs for Peace Director
- 1958Los clarines del miedo Director
- 1957Madrugada