Franco Prosperi
| Franco Prosperi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 September 1926 Rome |
| Died |
17 October 2004 Rome |
| Occupation | film director |
Franco Prosperi (2 September 1926 - 17 October 2004) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, active between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s.
Born Francesco Prosperi in Rome, Prosperi began his career as an assistant director of Mario Bava, with whom he also wrote several of his screenplays.[1] In 1966 he made his directorial debut, credited as Frank Shannon, with the thriller film Tecnica di un omicidio and over the years he build a solid reputation as a director of crime-action films.[1] He also occasionally directed comedies (with Lando Buzzanca or Alighiero Noschese) and, in the final stage of his career, at the beginning of the 1980s, several low-budget sword and sorcery films.[1]
Selected filmography
- Hired Killer (1966)
- Every Man Is My Enemy (1967)
- Ripped Off (1971)
- The Funny Face of the Godfather (1973)
- Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
- Pronto ad uccidere (1976)
- The Last House on the Beach (1978)
- Deadly Chase (1978)
- White Cannibal Queen (1980)
- Gunan, King of the Barbarians (1982)
- The Throne of Fire (1983)