Dino Maiuri
Dino Maiuri (actually Arduino Maiuri , born December 8, 1916 in Frosinone , † September 13, 1984 in Ceprano ) was an Italian screenwriter and film director .
Life
Maiuri was a journalist and ran various newspapers and periodicals; In 1949 and 1950 he wrote some interesting scripts for Italian films. After his marriage to actress Irasema Dilián , he followed her to Mexico, where he wrote numerous films, mostly for her, and directed La estrella del rey once in 1957 . After his return to Italy in 1966, he made a second, self-produced, film in co-direction with Henry Levin and other scripts, including interesting genre productions - often crime films - such as Danger: Diabolik! , The blue-eyed bandit, or The case is over: Forget it . For Carlo Lizzani's Die Banditen von Milano , Maiuri was awarded a David di Donatello in 1969.
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 1957: La estrella del rey
- 1966: Our man in Rio (Se tutte le donne del mondo) (co-director and screenplay)
script
- 1949: Botta e risposta
- 1953: Abysses of Passion (Cumbres borrascosas)
- 1967: Danger: Diabolics! (Diabolic)
- 1968: The Bandits of Milan (Banditi a Milano)
- 1969: The blue-eyed bandit (Barbagia (La società del malessere))
- 1971: Two wild companeros (Viva la muerte ... tua!)
- 1973: In a losing position (La polizia è al servizio del cittadino?)
- 1973: The Perfect Blackmail (Revolver)
- 1973: Wild horses (Valdez il mezzosangue)
- 1974: A man strikes back (Il cittadino si ribella)
- 1975: Bluff (Il grande bluff)
- 1975: The gorilla pays the bill (Vai gorilla)
- 1976: Racket (Il grande racket)
- 1977: The Rise of the Godfather (Corleone)
- 1980: The Deadly Warning (L'avvertimento)
Web links
- Dino Maiuri in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Maiuri at cine mexicano
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, pp. 256/257
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maiuri, dino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maiuri, Arduino (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frosinone |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1984 |
| Place of death | Ceprano |