Demofilo Fidani (born 8 February 1914 on a steamship bound for
Cagliari
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; died 4 April 1994) was an Italian film director (24 films), set designer (more than 200 films), painter, and a regarded
medium
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and author.
As director, Fidani specialized in
spaghetti westerns and used many different pseudonyms including Miles Deem, Lucky Dickinson, Alex Demos, and Danilo Dani. Many of his films were westerns, in which he used the names of well-known characters such as
Butch Cassidy
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,
Macho Callahan,
Django and
Sartana, as well as titles that were variations of popular titles. Besides his westerns, he directed crime films, sex comedies, and, in 1972, a
giallo
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called ''
A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services.'' Fidani's regular actors included
Jack Betts
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Career
Betts was raised in Jersey City, New J ...
(also known as Hunt Powers),
Gordon Mitchell,
Jeff Cameron
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Filmography
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1985 deaths
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and
Klaus Kinski
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.
Accolades
In 1977, Fidani received the gold medal for "Una vita per il cinema".
Legacy
Fidani has been called "a sort of Italian Ed Wood" because of the extremely low budget of his spaghetti westerns as well as his bizarre characters and inattention to continuity.
See also
References
External links
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Italian film directors
1914 births
1994 deaths
Spaghetti Western directors
Giallo film directors
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