Silvio Amadio (8 August 1926 – 19 August 1995) was an Italian
film director
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and
screenwriter
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.
He directed 24 films between 1957 and 1981. His film ''
Wolves of the Deep'' was entered into the
9th Berlin International Film Festival. He is known to horror film fans for directing ''
Amuck!'' (1972), a
giallo
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film starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet, and to
Commedia sexy all'italiana fans for directing some of the best
Gloria Guida sex comedies of the mid 1970s.
Selected filmography
* ''
Wolves of the Deep'' (1959)
* ''
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete'' (1960) a.k.a. ''Theseus Against the Minotaur'' (a
peplum starring Bob Mathias as Theseus)
* ''
War Gods of Babylon'' (1962)
* ''
Desideri d'estate'' (1964)
* ''
Assassination in Rome'' (1965)
* ''
For One Thousand Dollars Per Day'' (1966)
* ''Twisted Girls'' (1969) a.k.a. ''No Man's Island'', a.k.a. ''Island of the Swedes'' (cameraman:
Joe D'Amato
Aristide Massaccesi (15 December 1936 – 23 January 1999), known professionally as Joe D'Amato, was an Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter who worked in many genres (western (genre), westerns, ''Commedia sexy all' ...
)
* ''
Smile Before Death'' - a.k.a. ''Smile of the Hyena'', Rosalba Neri (1972)
* ''
Amuck!'' (1972) a.k.a. ''In Pursuit of Pleasure'', a.k.a. ''Maniac Mansion'', starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet
* ''
La minorenne'' (1974)
* ''
Catene'' (1974)
* ''
That Malicious Age'' (1975)
* ''
So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...'' (1975)
* ''
Il medium'' (1980)
* ''Il carabiniere'' (1981)
References
External links
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1926 births
1995 deaths
People from Frascati
Italian film directors
Italian comedy film directors
Italian horror film directors
Italian fantasy film directors
20th-century Italian screenwriters
Giallo film directors
Italian male screenwriters
20th-century Italian male writers
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