Massimo Dallamano
Massimo Dallamano (born April 17, 1917 in Milan ; † November 4, 1976 in Rome ) was an Italian cameraman and director who shot, among other things , The Secret of the Green Pin from 1972, which was advertised as an Edgar Wallace film .
Life
Dallamano attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia from 1940 to 1942 and then initially worked as a cameraman for short and documentary films . In 1945 he turned to the cinema and photographed numerous adventure and historical films and spaghetti westerns -Klassiker A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965). In 1967 he switched to directing the western Bandidos . There he made films with excellent craftsmanship, telling their stories in popular genres. Dallamano, who often appeared on the staff as Max Dillman , died in a car accident.
Filmography (selection)
camera
- 1952: Genoveva (La leggenda di Genoveffa) - Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt
- 1954: The Revenge of the Black Mask (Le avventure di Cartouche) - Director: Steve Sekely , Gianni Vernuccio
- 1954: The Temple Shrike of Bangkok (I misteri della giungla nera)
- 1960: Circassian uprising (I cosacchi)
- 1961: Constantine the Great (Costantino il grande)
- 1961: America by night (America di notte)
- 1962: Pontius Pilatus - governor of horror (Ponzio Pilato)
- 1963: Three against Sacramento (Gringo)
- 1964: For a handful of dollars (Per un pugno di dollari)
- 1965: That was Buffalo Bill (Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west)
- 1965: For a few dollars more (Per qualche dollaro in più)
- 1966: The Thief of the Mona Lisa (Il ladro della Gioconda)
Director
- 1959: Tierra mágica (documentary film)
- 1967: Bandidos (Bandidos)
- 1968: The Young Widow's Secret (La morte non ha sesso)
- 1969: Venus in fur (Le malizie di Venere)
- 1970: The Portrait of Dorian Gray
- 1972: The Secret of the Green Pin (Cosa avete fatto a Solange?)
- 1973: Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff?
- 1974: Death wears black leather (La polizia chiede aiuto)
- 1974: Innocenza e turbamento
- 1975: Il medaglione insanguinato
- 1976: Annie Belle - Born to love (La fine dell'innocenza)
- 1976: Caliber 38 - right between the eyes (Quelli della calibro 38)
Web links
- Massimo Dallamano in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 131
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dallamano, Massimo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dillman, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 1976 |
| Place of death | Rome |