Biography
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.
Filmography
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Crew
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El mesón del gitano
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1970
Trap for Seven Spies
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1966
Gunman Called Nebraska
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1966
Gunman Called Nebraska
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1966
Gunman Called Nebraska
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1966
Planet of the Vampires
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1965
Shot in the Back
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1964
El sol en el espejo
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1963
Pacto de silencio
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1963
Pacto de silencio
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1963
Bombs for Peace
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1959
Los clarines del miedo
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958
Madrugada
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1957
Madrugada
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1957
Dos novias para un torero
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1956
Dos novias para un torero
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1956
La fierecilla domada
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1956
La fierecilla domada
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1956
Congress in Seville
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1955
Último día
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1952