Ottavio Alessi (1 January 1919 - 28 April 1978) was an Italian screenwriter, producer and film director.

Life and career

Born in

Cammarata Cammarata is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about north of Agrigento on the eponymous mountain Mount Cammarata, which has an elevation above sea lev ...

Province of Agrigento The province of Agrigento (; ) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, Italy, situated on its south-western coast. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it was replaced in 2015 by the Free Municipal Consortium of Ag ...

, Alessi entered the film industry in 1940 as an assistant director. In 1945 he started an intense career as a screenwriter, alternating between genre films and art films and collaborating with

Pietro Germi Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the Italian neorealism, neorealist and genres. His 1961 film ''Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a Ac ...

, Franco Rossi,

Folco Quilici Folco Quilici (9 April 1930 – 24 February 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed a total of 22 films between 1952 and his retirement in 2005, including '' Tiko and the Shark'' ( it). His 1955 film ''L'ultimo par ...

and

Luciano Salce Luciano Salce (25 September 1922 – 17 December 1989) was an Italian film director, comedian, television host, producer, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film ''Le pillole di Ercole'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the ...

, among others. He also directed two films in the 1960s.

Selected filmography

;Director and screenwriter * '' What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?'' (1964) (a parody of '' What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?''). * '' Top Sensation'' (1969) ;Screenwriter * '' The Testimony'' (1946) * ''

Amici per la pelle ''Friends for Life'' ( also known as ''Amis pour la vie'' in France) is a 1955 Italian and French comedy-drama film directed by Franco Rossi. It was nominated for "Best Film" at the 10th British Academy Film Awards. Plot Rome. Mario is a sel ...

'' (1955) * '' A Woman Alone'' (1956) * ''

Juke box urli d'amore ''Juke box - Urli d'amore'' is a 1959 Italian musicarello film directed by Mauro Morassi. The film stars Mario Carotenuto and contains cameos by singers Mina (Italian singer), Mina and Adriano Celentano. Plot Mario, a little slacker who thrives on ...

'' (1959) * ''

Wild Cats on the Beach ''Wild Cats on the Beach'' (, ) is a 1959 Italian-French comedy film directed by Vittorio Sala. Cast *Alberto Sordi: Alberto *Rita Gam: Rita Elmont *Elsa Martinelli: Doriana *Franco Fabrizi: Nicola Ferrara *Giovanna Ralli: Giovanna, Alberto's ...

'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1961) * ''

Charge of the Black Lancers ''Charge of the Black Lancers'' () is a 1962 swashbuckling adventure film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Mel Ferrer, Yvonne Furneaux and Leticia Román. Plot Sergio of Tula goes to Dubno to free Princess Mascia imprisoned by Queen ...

'' (1962) * ''

La ragazzola ''La ragazzola'' is a 1965 Italian film directed by Giuseppe Orlandini. Cast *Agnès Spaak as Lola *Giuliano Gemma as Raoul * Gabriella Giorgelli as Ines *Angelo Infanti as Alberto *Paola Borboni Paola Borboni (1 January 1900 – 9 Apri ...

'' (1965) * ''

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'' (1970) * ''

Emanuelle in Bangkok ''Emanuelle in Bangkok'' (Italian: ''Emanuelle nera - Orient Reportage'', also known as ''Black Emanuelle 2'' and ''Black Emanuelle Goes East'') is an Italian sexploitation film from 1976 starring Laura Gemser and Gabriele Tinti and directed by ...

'' (1976) * ''

La Bidonata ''La Bidonata'', also known as ''The Rip-off'', is a once lost 1977 Italian ''comedy/crime'' film. This was the final film directed by giallo director Luciano Ercoli. Cast * Walter Chiari: Renato * Maurizio Arena: Maurizio * Ettore Manni: Ettore ...

'' (1977) * ''

Emanuelle in America ''Emanuelle in America'' is a 1977 Italian sexploitation film, the third in the Black Emanuelle series starring Laura Gemser It is the second in the series to be directed by Joe D'Amato and has journalist Emanuelle investigate the production ...

'' (1977) * ''

The Precarious Bank Teller ''The Precarious Bank Teller'' () is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. Plot Arturo De Fanti is an accountant with business troubles who tries to help his economically straitened lover by introducing her (in disguise) into the ...

'' (1980)

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* 1919 births 1978 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters People from the Province of Agrigento Italian male screenwriters Film people from Sicily 20th-century Italian male writers Italian parodists Italian comedy film directors Parody film directors {{Italy-film-director-stub