Nando Cicero
Nando Cicero (actually Fernando Cicero , born January 22, 1931 in Asmara , Eritrea , † July 30, 1995 in Rome ) was an Italian film director , screenwriter and actor . He became known for his spaghetti westerns in the late 1960s.
Life
Cicero began his career as an actor in Rome in the early 1950s, but did not get beyond supporting roles, so he switched to the other side of the camera and worked as an assistant director for Luchino Visconti and Francesco Rosi , among others . From the mid-1960s he made a number of films as a director; Two times Judas and Klaus Kinski stand out among his spaghetti westerns. He later turned to comedies , filming with Franco & Ciccio as well as some of the Sexy Comedies with Edwige Fenech .
Filmography (selection)
actor
- 1954: El Alamein (Divisione Folgore)
- 1955: Il Campanile d'oro
- 1955: Faithful to death (Andrea Chénier)
- 1959: Hercules and the Queen of the Amazons (Ercole e la regina di Lidia)
- 1959: L'inferno addosso
- 1961: The Fearless Rebel (Vanina Vanini)
Assistant director
- 1957: White Nights (Le notti bianche)
- 1960: Red lips - slim legs (Labbra rossi)
- 1960: The three musketeers of the seas (I moschettieri del mare)
- 1962: Who shot Salvatore G.? (Salvatore Giuliano)
- 1963: Hands over the city (Le mani sulla città)
Director
- 1967: A quick prayer for three cannons (Professionisti per un massacro)
- 1967: The time of the vultures (Il tempo degli avvoltoi)
- 1968: Il marchio di Kriminal
- 1968: 2 × Judas (Due volte Giuda)
- 1970: Who gave you your driver's license? (Ma chi t'ha dato la patente?)
- 1971: Two idiots at the front (Armiamoci e partite!)
- 1973: The late bloomer (Ultimo tango a Zagarol)
- 1973: Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico cerca anima gemella
- 1975: Il gatto mammone
- 1975: The Fuckers (L'insegnante)
- 1976: The bad guys of the 6th Company (La dottoressa del distretto militare)
- 1977: The last howler of the company (La soldatessa alla visita militare)
- 1978: The cloudy cups in room 9 (La soldatessa alle grandi manovre)
- 1983: Paulo Roberto Cotechiño centravanti di sfondamento
swell
- Bruckner, Ulrich P .: For a few more corpses. 2002/06, ISBN 3-89602-705-0
Web links
- Nando Cicero in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nando Cicero in the OFDb
- Biography at trovacinema (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 109 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cicero, Nando |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cicero, Fernando (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director, screenwriter and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Asmara , Eritrea |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1995 |
| Place of death | Rome |