Guido Malatesta
Guido Malatesta (born 1919 in Gallarate , Varese , † June 14, 1970 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life
After a period as a journalist, Malatesta began in 1951 as a screenwriter of films that did not make a big impression. From 1956 he also directed several smaller Italian productions; TV favorite Mike Bongiorno played the leading role in his first comedy, I miliardari . In the early 1960s, he made some of the sandal films that were popular at the time, including The Odds of Hercules with Brad Harris . His films were aimed at a rather undemanding audience, whose tastes he met regularly, and were just as regularly torn up by critics. His stage name was James Reed .
Films (selection)
script
- 1952: Bianca's Revenge (Sul ponte dei sospiri) - Director: Antonio Leonviola
- 1953: I've sinned for you (Per salvarti ho peccato) - Director: Mario Costa
- 1959: Judith - The Sword of Vengeance (Giuditta e Oloferne)
- 1962: Zorro versus Maciste - Fight of the Invincible (Zorro contro Maciste)
- 1963: Samson and the white slaves (Sansone contro i pirati)
- 1963: Zorro, the man with two faces (Il segno di Zorro)
- 1965: A stretcher for the sheriff (Una bara per lo Sceriffo)
- 1965: Lo sceriffo che non spara
Director
- 1956: I miliardari
- 1958: Valeria ragazza poco seria
- 1958: El Alamein (Deserto di gloria)
- 1959: Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco
- 1960: The Fearless of Parma (La strada dei giganti)
- 1960: The revenge of the barbarians (La furia dei barbari)
- 1961: The wanderings of Hercules (Goliath contro i giganti)
- 1962: Germanicus in the underworld (Maciste contro i mostri)
- 1963: Maciste against the headhunters (Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste)
- 1964: Rivolta dei barbari
- 1965: I predoni del Sahara
- 1965: Avengers of the Mayas - Adventure in the Andes (Maciste il vendicatore dei Mayas)
- 1965: The Last Days of Sinful Rome (L'incendio di Roma)
- 1968: The son of the “Black Eagle” (Il figlio di Aquila Nera)
- 1969: Poppea - The Empress of Gladiators (Le calde notti di Poppea)
- 1970: Formula 1 - In Hell of the Grand Prix (Formula 1 - nell'inferno del Grand Prix)
Web links
- Guido Malatesta in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 259
- ↑ http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?r=476
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Malatesta, Guido |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reed, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gallarate , Varese , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1970 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |