Giuseppe Colizzi
Giuseppe Colizzi (born June 28, 1925 in Rome , † August 23, 1978 there ) was an Italian film director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Colizzi started in the film business in 1948 when he began a long-term relationship with Luigi Zampa , his uncle; initially as assistant director, later as production manager. After two films as a producer, he took a seat in the director's chair himself and staged with God forgives ... the two of us never a serious western with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer , which after the later success of the duo's comedic films was dubbed and shown again in theaters and was followed by three more films with Colizzi as a director. In 1975 he turned to television and became head of the private broadcaster SPQR ; for this he could only direct one more film until his untimely death.
Terence Hill dedicated his film No one skin like Don Camillo to Colizzi .
Director
- 1967: God forgives ... Django never! (Dio perdona ... io no!)
- 1968: Four for one Ave Maria (I Quattro dell'Ave Maria)
- 1969: Hill of Bloody Boots (La Collina degli stivali)
- 1972: Two heavenly dogs on the way to hell (Più forte, ragazzi!)
- 1974: J&M - Dynamite in the Muzzle (Joe e Margherito)
literature
- Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses. The Italo-Western from its beginnings to today , Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag 2002 (new edition: 2006). ISBN 3-89602-705-0
- Christian Heger: The right and left hand of the parody: Bud Spencer, Terence Hill and their films , Marburg: Schüren Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-89472-664-5
Web links
- Giuseppe Colizzi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- More information about Giuseppe Colizzi (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 509.
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 116
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Colizzi, Giuseppe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director and film producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
DATE OF DEATH | 23rd August 1978 |
Place of death | Rome |