Antonio Román

Director · Writer

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.

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Fuenteovejuna

1947

Planet of the Vampires

1965

La forastera

1952

La fierecilla domada

1956

Lola Montes

1944

El sol en el espejo

1963

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