Romano Scavolini (born 18 June 1940) is an
Italian
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film director and the younger brother of
screenwriter
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Sauro Scavolini.
Career
He has been directing since the 1960s. Most of his films are shot independently and with an experimental style. His best known horror films are ''
Nightmare
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'' (1981), a gruesome horror film that was banned as a
video nasty
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in the UK, and his 1972 ''
A White Dress for Marialé''.
Filmography
* ''The Devastated One'' (''I devastati'') – 1958/1959
* ''Blind Fly (A mosca cieca)'' (''Ricordati di Haron'') – 1966
* ''The Dress Rehearsal'' (''La prova generale'') – 1968
* ''Entonce'' – 1969
* ' (''Lo stato d'assedio'') (also known as ''State of Siege'' – ''Besieged'') – 1969
* ''The long march'' (''La lunga marcia'')
* ''
A White Dress for Marialé''; aka ''Un bianco vestito per Marialé'' (also known as ''Spirits of Death'') – 1972
* ''Heart'' (''Cuore'')'' – 1973
* ''Your Honor'' (''Servo suo'') – 1973
* ''The Savage Hunt'' (also known as ''Condor's Run'') – 1980
* ''
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain'' (also known as ''Nightmare'' - ''Blood Splash'') – 1981
* ''Dog Tags'' – 1988
* ''Ustica: a thorn in the heart'' (''Ustica. Una spina nel cuore'') – 2001/2002/2003
* ''"Che" The Last Hours'' (''Le ultime ore del Che'') – 2003
* ''Apocalisse delle scimmie'' – A TRILOGY – 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008
* ''Two Families'' – 2007
* ''Two Days'' – 2012
as interviewed:
* ''Ban the Sadist Videos!'' – 2005
* ''The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal'' – 2007
References
External links
*
Official website
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1940 births
Italian film directors
Living people