Maurizio Pradeaux (16 April 1931 – 1 July 2022) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a production assistant, working with .
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Ramon the Mexican'', a western, which was released in 1967, was his debut as a film director. He wrote the screenplays for all the films he directed. Many fell into the category known in Italian as ''
giallo
In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, a ...
'' ('yellow'), which defines a style of mystery and detective fiction and films.
Filmography
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Death Carries a Cane
''Death Carries a Cane'' (Italian title: ''Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio''/ ''Dance Steps on the Edge of a Razor''), is a 1973 Italian giallo film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux. It starred Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro and Luciano Rossi. ...
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Death Steps in the Dark
''Death Steps in the Dark'' ( it, Passi di morte perduti nel buio, which translates as ''Death Steps Lost in the Dark'') is a 1977 Italian-Greek giallo film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux. Pradeaux directed only one other giallo, the 1973 ''Death ...
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Churchill's Leopards
''Churchill's Leopards'' ( it, I leopardi di Churchill, es, Los Leopardos de Churchill) is a 1970 Italian-Spanish "macaroni combat" war film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux and starring Richard Harrison and Klaus Kinski.
Plot
A British command ...
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References
1931 births
2022 deaths
Italian film directors
Italian screenwriters
People from Rome
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