Otello Colangeli

Otello Colangeli (born December 20, 1912 in Rome , † January 6, 1998 there ) was an Italian film editor .

Life

Colangeli was already interested in radio and cinema technology as a child and worked as a projectionist in a Roman cinema when he was seventeen. There he specialized in the Vitaphone process, which is modern with the emerging sound film . He trained as a film editor at “Edizioni Internazionali Cinematografiche” and gained his first experience as an assistant editor for numerous films from the 1930s. For Eraldo Da Roma he was responsible for the first time as editor; for two years he worked for the “SACI”.

After working for the War Department, which Colangeli summoned in 1936. After working for Cinecittà for a long time. after the Second World War he became one of the most sought-after editors in Italy. His filmography includes over 500 works; after 1980 he reduced the scope of his activities significantly.

In the 1950s Colangeli, who is also listed under various pseudonyms, founded “Cinemontaggio”, one of the most important companies for post-production in Italy. Occasionally he also worked as a producer.

Filmography (selection)

• 1949: Heaven over the swamps (Cielo sulla palude)
• 1950: One was too many (Atto di accusa)
• 1957: Fathers and Sons (Padri e figli)
• 1958: Mia nonna poliziotto
• 1960: The sword of the red giant (Il gigante della Tessaglia)
• 1961: Maciste and the Queen of the Night (Maciste l'uomo più forte del mondo)
• 1961: Vulcanus, the Titan (Vulcano figlio di Giove)
• 1962: Due contro tutti
• 1962: Taurus - The Giant of Thessaly (Taur, re della forza bruta)
• 1963: The Castle of Horror (Le vergine di Norimberga)
• 1963: Perseus - the invincible (Perseo l'invincibile)
• 1964: The strongest man in the world (Il trionfo di Ercole)
• 1964: Danza Macabra
• 1964: Ursus and the devil's slave (Ursus il terrore dei Kirghisi)
• 1965: Orion-3000 - Space travel of horror (Il pianeta errante)
• 1965: Lo sceriffo che non spara
• 1966: Hermann the Cheruscan
• 1966: Dinamita Jim
• 1966: Django - Only the Colt was his friend (Django spara per primo)
• 1966: In the nest of the yellow viper (FBI operazione vipera gialla)
• 1966: Ringo with the golden pistols (Johnny Oro)
• 1967: Operation "Little Brother" (Ok Connery)
• 1967: Pilluks takes measurements (Giurò… e li uccise ad uno ad uno (Piluk il timido))
• 1967: ... and tomorrow you're going to hell (Dalle Ardenne all'inferno)
• 1967: Four Hallelujahs for Dynamite Joe (Joe l'implacabile)
• 1967: Demons from Space (La morte viene dal pianeta Aytin)
• 1968: Five bloody ropes (Joko, invoca dio… e muori)
• 1968: Screams in the Night (Contronatura)
• 1969: Murder in a black Cadillac (Femmine insaziabili)
• 1970: Uccidi Django… uccidi per primo !!!
• 1971: Django - Relentless to death (Il mio nome è Mallory… “M” come morte)
• 1971: Dracula in the Castle of Secrets (Nella stretta morsa del ragno)
• 1971: I quattro pistoleri di Santa Trinità
• 1972: Pizza, Father and Pistols (Posate le pistole, reverendo)
• 1977: El Macho
• 1978: Manaos - The slave drivers from the Amazon (Manaos)
• 1982: Giuseppe Verdi - An Italian Legend (Verdi)
• 1989: Demonia (Demonia)
• 1991: Buck's greatest adventure (Buck ai confini del cielo)

Web links

• Otello Colangeli in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homage to the Associazione Italiana Montaggio Cinematografico e Televisivo ( Memento of the original of December 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.