Antonio Román

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.

Directed

1. Gunman Called Nebraska (1966) — Director
2. Los últimos de Filipinas (1945) — Director
3. Fuenteovejuna (1947) — Director
4. Los clarines del miedo (1958) — Director
5. Pacto de silencio (1963) — Director
6. La fierecilla domada (1956) — Director
7. Congress in Seville (1955) — Director
8. La casa de la lluvia (1943) — Director
9. Dos novias para un torero (1956) — Director
10. Bombs for Peace (1959) — Director
11. El mesón del gitano (1970) — Director
12. Boda en el infierno (1942) — Director
13. Madrugada (1957) — Director
14. Barcelona. Ritmo de un día (1940) — Director
15. El sol en el espejo (1963) — Director
16. Último día (1952) — Director
17. Escuadrilla (1941) — Director
18. Pacto de silencio (1949) — Director
19. Shot in the Back (1964) — Director
20. La fuente enterrada (1950) — Director
21. Lola Montes (1944) — Director
22. Intriga (1942) — Director
23. O carro e o home (1945) — Director
24. El pasado amenaza (1950) — Director
25. La forastera (1952) — Director