Osvaldo Civirani
| Osvaldo Civirani | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
19 May 1917 Rome, Italy |
| Died |
20 February 2008 (aged 90) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | film director |
Osvaldo Civirani (19 May 1917 - 20 February 2008) was an Italian director, producer, cinematographer and screenwriter.
Born in Rome, the son of a photographer,[1] Civirani started his career in 1943, as still photographer on the set of Luchino Visconti's Ossessione.[2] After some experiences as cinematographer and assistant director, notably for Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Alessandro Blasetti and Carlo Lizzani,[2] and after directing the mondo film Sexy proibitissimo,[3] he made his feature film debut in 1964, with the sword-and-sandal film Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun.[2] He directed 20 films of various genre, retiring in 1976.[2]
Selected filmography
- Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964)
- Son of Django (1967)
- Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better (1968)
- Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell (1970)
- The Devil Has Seven Faces (1972)
- I due gattoni a nove code... e mezza ad Amsterdam (1972)
References
- ↑ Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 8804572779.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "CINEMA: ADDIO A CIVIRANI, REGISTA DEI FILM COMICI CON FRANCHI E INGRASSIA". Adnkronos. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ↑ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.