Luigi Cozzi
Luigi Cozzi (born September 7, 1947 in Busto Arsizio ) is an Italian film director and screenwriter .
Life
Cozzi worked as a journalist (for “Ciao 2001”) and translator of fantastic-utopian novels for the publisher “Urania” and began as a dubbing and editing assistant for the film . As early as 1969 he made the science fiction film Il tunnel sotto il mondo with small funds and was then assistant director to Dario Argento , for whom he also directed the television film Il vicono di casa in 1973 . In 1975 he started a series of films, which can often be assigned to fantastic genres, but also mostly suffered from budget limitations . Cozzi used the pseudonym Lewis Coates for this .
Throughout his life he remained connected to Argento's work; Cozzi runs a film shop in Rome, which he named after a film by Argento, "Profondo Rosso". He is considered one of the best experts on the scene and takes care of the documentation of this area of Italian culture. In October 2011, he received the Nosferatu Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Sitges Film Festival .
Filmography
Director
- 1969: Il tunnel sotto il mondo
- 1975: L'assassino è costretto ad uccidere ancora
- 1976: Stella - Dedicated to a star (Dedicato a una stella)
- 1978: Star Crash - Stars in a duel (Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione)
- 1979: Astaron - Brood of Terror (Contaminazione)
- 1983: Hercules (Ercole)
- 1985: The Adventures of Hercules Part 2 (The adventures of Hercules)
- 1988: Nosferatu in Venice (co-director)
- 1989: Dead Eyes (Il gatto nero)
- 1989: Sinbad of the Seven Seas (co-director)
- 1989: Paganini Horror
- 1991: Dario Argento: Master of Horror
- 2016: Blood on Méliès' Moon
script
- 1971: Four flies on gray velvet (Quattro mosche di velluto grigio)
- 1989: Sindbad, Lord of the Seven Seas (Simbad dei sette mari)
actor
- 2012: From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
- 2015: Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Web links
- Luigi Cozzi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cozzi's “Profondo Rosso” shop
- Background report from Rokko's Adventures magazine
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 125
- ↑ http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?r=1560
- ↑ http://sitgesfilmfestival.com/eng/noticies/?id=1003065
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cozzi, Luigi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lewis Coates |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Busto Arsizio |