Elio Scardamaglia
Elio Scardamaglia (born July 27, 1920 in Amelia , † March 16, 2001 in London ) was an Italian film producer .
Life
Scardamaglia began producing films in 1951 as head of production; his own company Leone Films , which he founded in 1961, then worked for genre cinema and financed numerous box-office hits until 1977, including several spaghetti westerns and the solo films by Bud Spencer . He was also involved in films by Federico Fellini and Franco Rossi . With the growth of the television sector, Scardamaglia devoted itself to this sector and produced large budget films and mini-series. In 1965 he made his only film as a director under the pseudonym Michael Hamilton , the horror film The Killer Clinic .
He is the father of Francesco Scardamaglia .
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: Maciste and the Queen of the Night (Maciste l'uomo più forte del mondo)
- 1962: The mighty seven (Maciste il gladiatore più forte del mondo)
- 1963: The strongest under the sun (Maciste l'eroe più grande del mondo)
- 1963: The Demon and the Virgin (La frusta e il corpo)
- 1965: The Murder Clinic (La lama nel corpo) (also director)
- 1967: Django - The gravedigger are already waiting (Quella sporca storia nel West)
- 1968: The Lonely One (L'ira di Dio)
- 1969: Around them was the breath of death (Los desesperados)
- 1969: 20,000 dollars sporchi di sangue
- 1971: El bandido Malpelo
- 1976: Sandokan - The Tiger of Malaysia (Sandokan)
- 1977: Charleston - Two fists clean up (Charleston)
- 1978: The big one with his extraterrestrial little one (Uno sceriffo extraterrestre - poco extra e molto terrestre)
- 1978: They called him mosquito (Lo chiamavano bulldozer)
- 1980: Buddy hits Luke (Chissà perché… capitano tutte a me)
- 1982: The Bomber (Bomber)
- 1985: Quo Vadis? (Quo Vadis?)
- 1987: A child named Jesus (Un bambini di nome Gesù)
Web links
- Elio Scardamaglia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Scardamaglia at mymovies (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 389/390
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scardamaglia, Elio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hamilton, Michael (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amelia (Umbria) , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 2001 |
| Place of death | London , UK |