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,^[2] he was involved in filmmaking during the Francoist dictatorship and directed several successful films. Notably, the premiere of Harka (1941),^[3] although the film has since been criticized as "militaristic and pro-Francoist propaganda".^[4]

In 1942, he released Rojo y negro, a film with Falangist undertones^[5] that, after a few weeks in theaters, did not receive approval from the authorities and was eventually withdrawn from circulation.^[6] Also in that year, he unsuccessfully attempted to adapt the theatrical work Fuenteovejuna for the screen.^[7]

From 1944 onwards, he focused on sculpture and eventually became a professor at the School of Arts and Crafts.^[8]

In the 1950s, he resumed his filmmaking activities, directing several more films.^[9]

He passed away in Madrid in 1989.^[10]

• Ya viene el cortejo (1939)
• Harka (1941)
• Rojo y negro (1942)
• Siempre mujeres (1942)
• Arribada forzosa (1943)
• Su última noche (1944)
• Ángeles sin cielo (1957)
• Hospital general (1958)
• Mission in Morocco (1959)
• The Two Rivals (1960)
• An American in Toledo (1960)

• Berthier, Nancy; Sánchez-Biosca, Vicente (2012). Retóricas del miedo. Imágenes de la Guerra Civil Española. Madrid: Casa de Velázquez. ISBN 978-84-96820-70-8.

• Coira, Pepe (2004). Antonio Román: Un cineasta de la posguerra. Editorial Complutense. ISBN 978-84-7491-775-8.

• Feliu Torruella, María; Hernàndez, Francesc Xavier (2013). Didáctica de la guerra civil española. Barcelona: Editorial Graó. ISBN 978-84-9980-493-4.

• Fernández, Miguel Anxo (2007). Las imágenes de Carlos Velo. UNAM. ISBN 978-970-32-4570-3.

• Gubern, Román (1981). La censura. Función política y ordenamiento jurídico bajo el franquismo (1936-1975). Península. ISBN 978-84-297-1630-6.

• Poyato, Pedro (2005). Historia(s), motivos y formas del cine español. BPR Publishers. ISBN 978-84-933871-5-0.

• Torres, Augusto M. (2004). Directores españoles malditos. Madrid: Huerga y Fierro. ISBN 978-84-8374-480-2.

• Carlos Arévalo Calvet at IMDb