Marco Leto
Marco Leto (born January 18, 1931 in Rome ; † April 21, 2016 there ) was an Italian film and television director and screenwriter .
Life
Leto began his film career as an assistant director in 1954; in this capacity he worked for several films until the mid-1960s. Then he switched to television, where he worked on series while he wrote scripts for movies. In 1972 he made his debut as a director - first for television, then in the cinema. Until the end of the following decade he was mainly active in television; With I vecchi ei giovani he achieved considerable success not only with the critics. His films, the Giallo Al piacere di rideverla and the confrontation with terrorism A proposito di quella strana ragazza , were also praised.
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 1972: Die Sommerfrische (La villeggiatura) (& screenplay)
- 1976: Al piacere di rideverla
- 1989: A proposito di quella strana ragazza
script
- 1968: To the gallows, Bastardo (I morti non si contano)
- 1968: A colt for a hundred coffins (Una pistola per cento bare)
- 1972: Dear Parents (Cari genitori)
Web links
- Marco Leto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Leto at mymovies (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ RIP Marco Leto. In: westernboothill.blogspot.de. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 242.
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SURNAME | Leto, Marco |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film and television director and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome , Lazio , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 2016 |
Place of death | Rome , Lazio , Italy |