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Antonio Drove

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 1All crew credits: 14

TMDB ID: 1120691

IMDb ID: nm0238393

Known for: Directing

Born: November 1, 1942

Died: September 24, 2005

Age: 62

Place of birth: Madrid, Spain

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1967 - 1992

Years active: 26

Wikidata: Q5698173

Also known as

Antonio Drove Shaw

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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.

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