Maurizio Lucidi
Maurizio Lucidi (* 1932 in Florence , † 2005 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and film editor .
Life
Lucidi comes from a family of master editors (father Renzo and the somewhat younger Remo, Alessandro and Paolo all found their field of work in film editing ). He started in film in 1960, on two occasions as an assistant director. In 1966 he switched to the director's chair; his debut was a mythological film that he showed under the name Maurice A. Bright . Spaghetti westerns and war films followed ; Among the works that appeared after that, the Hitchcock- heavy The Angel of Death in 1971 with excellent performance and in 1978 the crime film Diamond Doll , based on a novel by Franco Enna , stand out. Lucidi also worked for television in the 1990s.
Filmography (selection)
- Director
- 1966: Challenge of Hercules (La sfida dei giganti)
- 1966: Jonny Madoc (Due once di piombo)
- 1967: A Hallelujah for Django (La più grande rapina del West)
- 1967: Jonny Madoc accounts (Pecos è qui: prega e muori)
- 1968: "Radarfalle" command company (Probabilità zero)
- 1971: Hallelujah ... Amigo (Si può fare ... amigo!)
- 1971: The Angel of Death (La vittima designata)
- 1973: Diamond doll (L'ultima chance)
- 1976: Settlement in San Francisco (Gli esecutori)
- 1989: The gorilla and the bomb in the desert (Le gorille dans le cocotier) (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1996: Menacing Shadows (La casa dove abitava Corinne) (TV movie)
- cut
- 1960: The Revenge of Hercules (La vendetta di Ercole)
- 1962: In love with sharp turns (Il sorpasso)
- 1963: I mostri
- 1964: The Hundred Knights (I cento cavalieri / Los cien caballeros)
- 1966: A dollar between your teeth (Un dollaro tra i denti)
- 1966: The Trampler (Gli uomini dal passo pesante)
Web links
- Maurizio Lucidi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 250
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucidi, Maurizio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bright, Maurice A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director and film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2005 |
| Place of death | Rome |