Alberto De Martino

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Alberto De Martino (born June 12, 1929 in Rome ; † June 2, 2015 there ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .

Life

De Martino, son of make-up artist Romolo De Martino , who worked in the film industry in the 1930s and 1940s , began his career as a child actor. After graduating in law  - he had also submitted a documentary film in 1948 - from 1952 he worked as an assistant director and film editor for directors such as Guido Leoni and Roberto Mauri and wrote two scripts for others before he was able to direct his first own film in 1961.

De Martino shot almost 30 solid films in all styles of entertainment. With Horror from 1962 and Gli eroi di Fort Worth , he was one of the pioneers of two genres that were later very popular not only in Italy. In the 1970s he was also involved in international productions such as the disaster film Holocaust 2000 . He worked on the script for all of his films.

De Martino also used the pseudonym Martin Herbert . His admirers include Quentin Tarantino and Tim Roth .

Filmography

  • 1961: The invincible gladiator (Il gladiatore invincibile)
  • 1962: Due contro tutti
  • 1962: Perseus - the invincible (Perseo l'invincibile)
  • 1962: horror
  • 1963: The Revolt of the Seven (Gli invincibili sette)
  • 1964: The strongest man in the world (Il trionfo di Ercole)
  • 1964: Blood Court (La rivolta dei sette)
  • 1965: Retaliation at the Wichita Pass (Gli eroi di Fort Worth)
  • 1965: $ 100,000 for Ringo ($ 100,000 per Ringo)
  • 1966: The Man with the Thousand Masks (Upperseven, l'uomo da uccidere)
  • 1966: In the web of the golden spider (Missione speciale Lady Chaplin)
  • 1966: Django - Only the Colt was his friend (Django spara per primo)
  • 1967: ... and tomorrow you're going to hell (Dalle Ardenne all'inferno)
  • 1967: Operation "Little Brother" (Ok Connery)
  • 1968: Murder on the Via Veneto (Roma come Chicago)
  • 1969: Murder in a black Cadillac (Femmine insaziabili)
  • 1971: L'uomo dagli occhi di ghiacco
  • 1972: A man goes all out (L'assassino… è al telefono)
  • 1972: The Mafia Boss (I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertiti)
  • 1973: To Hell by the Dozen (Il consigliori)
  • 1973: Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?
  • 1974: The Antichrist (L'anticristo)
  • 1976: Burst of Fire (Una Magnum special by Tony Saitta)
  • 1977: Inferno 2000 (Holocaust 2000)
  • 1980: The Puma Man (L'uomo puma)
  • 1982: Blood link
  • 1985: Miami Golem (Miami Golem)
  • 1985: The House of the Cursed (7, Hyden Park: la casa maledetta)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 145.
  2. ^ [1] Obituary in La Repubblica
personal data
SURNAME De Martino, Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herbert, Martin (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 2nd June 2015
Place of death Rome , Italy