Fernando Di Leo

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Fernando Di Leo (born January 11, 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia , † December 1, 2003 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Di Leo, who graduated in law, won the third prize of the Coppa Murano at the age of 19 for the three-act play Lume del tuo corpo è l'occhio ; he wrote literary reviews and worked for the cabaret . In 1963 he shot the episode film Gli eroi di ieri, oggi, domani with other graduates from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and since then has been active primarily as a screenwriter for the then popular spaghetti westerns. As a director, he began in 1967 with the satire Rose rosse per il Führer and is now responsible for crime films that have become classics in the mafiesque milieu, such as Milano calibro 9 in 1971 or the devil directing a year later . He later turned to lighter fabrics and ended his career with sub-par action films . He is considered a source of inspiration for American cinema, which u. a. is represented by Quentin Tarantino .

Movies

Exposé / script
Director
  • 1964: first - second - third (Gli eroi di ieri, oggi, domani)
  • 1969: Grade 7 - The boys of violence (I ragazzi del massacro)
  • 1969: The Unsatisfied (Brucia, ragazzo, brucia)
  • 1971: The Castle of the Blue Birds (La bestia uccide a sangue freddo)
  • 1972: Milano caliber 9 (Milano calibro 9)
  • 1972: The Mafia Boss - They kill like jackals (La mala ordina)
  • 1973: The Devil directs (Il boss)
  • 1973: Seduction of a Sicilian (La seduzione)
  • 1975: asphalt cat (Colpo in canna)
  • 1975: An eye for an eye (La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori)
  • 1976: The Sting (Gli amici di Nick Hezard)
  • 1976: Two super guys clean up (I padroni della città)
  • 1978: Topless, bottom jeans (Avere vent'anni)
  • 1980: Toy (Vacanze per un massacro)
  • 1984: Mercenary Attack ( Razza violenta )
  • 1985: Killer contro killers

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi. Gremese, 2002, p. 154.