Mario Costa (director)

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Mario Costa (born June 1, 1910 in Rome , † October 22, 1995 ibid) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Costa began his career in the 1930s as an assistant editor, production manager, scriptwriter and screenwriter for a number of films between 1936 and 1938. After a brief period as a film editor at the Istituto Luce , he quickly became a director of short films . He was able to win numerous prizes for films such as Fontane di Roma or I pini di Roma , for example the gold medal for short films at the Venice Film Festival in 1941 .

In the feature film sector he made his debut with La sua strada , which he also wrote and edited; after the Second World War , Costa specialized in theatrical versions of operas ; From the mid-1950s he devoted his later career to genre film , where he directed solid but never outstanding films. With Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del Far West , he staged (under the ironic pseudonym John W. Fordson ) one of the first spaghetti westerns .

Costa was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1938: Fontane di Roma (short film)
  • 1946: Il Barbiere di Sevilla (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
  • 1948: Bajazzo (I pagliacci)
  • 1953: forgive me! (Perdonami!)
  • 1953: I have sinned for you (Per salvarti ho peccato)
  • 1958: With fire and sword (Il cavaliere del castello maledetto)
  • 1959: The prisoner of the Saracens (I reali di Francia)
  • 1960: Venus of the Pirates (La venere dei pirati)
  • 1961: The black monkfish (Gordon, il pirata nero)
  • 1961: The Conqueror of Corinth (Il conquistatore di Corinto)
  • 1962: The Gladiator of Rome (Il gladiatore di Roma)
  • 1962: The Sheikh's Son (Il figlio dello sceicco)
  • 1963: Rider of Terror (Il terrore dei mantelli rosse)
  • 1964: That was Buffalo Bill (Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west)
  • 1971: The Beast (La belva)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 122
personal data
SURNAME Costa, Mario
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fordson, John W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1995
Place of death Rome