Silvio Amadio (8 August 1926 – 19 August 1995) was an Italian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

and

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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 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 ...

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 ''For One Thousand Dollars Per Day'' ( it, Per mille dollari al giorno, es, Por mil dólares al día, also known as ''Renegade Gunfighter'') is a 1966 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Silvio Amadio. The title song ""My Gun is Fa ...

'' (1966) * ''Twisted Girls'' (1969) a.k.a. ''No Man's Island'', a.k.a. ''Island of the Swedes'' (cameraman: Joe D'Amato) * '' Smile Before Death'' - a.k.a. ''Smile of the Hyena'', Rosalba Neri (1972) * ''

Amuck! ''Amuck!'' ( it, Alla ricerca del piacere, lit=In Pursuit of Pleasure) is an Italian '' giallo'' film written and directed by Silvio Amadio. Plot Greta, a beautiful blonde American, is hired as the new secretary to Richard Stuart, a famous nov ...

'' (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 ''Il medium'' () is a 1980 Italian film directed by Silvio Amadio. Production ''Il medium'' was developed due to director Silvio Amadio's interest in the occult, which he learned through his friend Demofilo Fidani. Fidani was a filmmaker who promi ...

'' (1980) * ''Il carabiniere'' (1981)

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* 1926 births 1995 deaths People from Frascati Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Giallo film directors Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-director-stub