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Antonio Román

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Directed movies: 22Directed series: 0All crew credits: 26

TMDB ID: 98498

IMDb ID: nm0739794

Known for: Directing

Born: November 9, 1911

Died: June 16, 1989

Age: 77

Place of birth: Ourense, Ourense, Galicia, Spain

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1941 - 1970

Years active: 30

Average TMDB rating: 6.41

Wikidata: Q3392150

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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.

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