| Carlos Arévalo Calvet | |
| Birth Date: | August 19, 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| Death Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Carlos Arévalo Calvet (born August 19, 1906, Madrid, Spain – September 7, 1989, Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish sculptor and film director.[1]
Born in Madrid in 1906, he studied sculpture at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
A Falangist activist, he was involved in filmmaking during the Francoist dictatorship and directed several successful films. Notably, the premiere of Harka (1941), although the film has since been criticized as "militaristic and pro-Francoist propaganda".
In 1942, he released Rojo y negro, a film with Falangist undertones that, after a few weeks in theaters, did not receive approval from the authorities and was eventually withdrawn from circulation. Also in that year, he unsuccessfully attempted to adapt the theatrical work Fuenteovejuna for the screen.
From 1944 onwards, he focused on sculpture and eventually became a professor at the School of Arts and Crafts.
In the 1950s, he resumed his filmmaking activities, directing several more films.
He passed away in Madrid in 1989.