Primo Zeglio
Primo Zeglio (born July 8, 1906 in Buronzo , Vercelli , † October 30, 1984 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .
Life
After a small job in 1934, Zeglio began working regularly for film four years later; he wrote screenplays and was employed as an assistant director . Initially commissioned in the 1940s with the staging of some Italian versions of adventure films, he soon specialized in this genre and was a reliable director of such genre goods in the two decades that followed. In the 1960s he also made some spaghetti westerns and crime films.
Zeglio also used the pseudonym Anthony Greepy . In addition to his films, he also devoted himself to painting. He was married to the actress Paola Barbara .
In the continuations of the series of novels " ZBV " by Karl-Herbert Scheer , a character of "Primo Zeglio" is introduced. Scheer immortalized the director of the only Perry Rhodan movie " Perry Rhodan - SOS from Space " (1967) - with not exactly flattering characteristics - in his series because he was appalled by the implementation of the novel.
Filmography
- Assistant director
- 1938: La sposa dei Re - directed by Duilio Coletti
- 1939: La grande luce - directed by Carlo Campogalliani
- 1940: Battle for the Alcazar (L'assedio dell'Alcazar) - directed by Augusto Genina
- 1941: La maschera di Cesare Borgia - Director: Duilio Coletti
- 1942: Benghazi - Director: Augusto Genina
- 1949: Heaven over the swamps (Cielo sulla palude) - directed by Augusto Genina
- Director
- 1943: Sucedió en Damasco
- 1943: Febbre
- 1947: Genoveffa di Brabante
- 1951: The Corsair's Revenge (La vendetta del Corsaro)
- 1952: La figlia del diavolo
- 1953: The King's Corsair (Captain Fantasma)
- 1953: Nero - The Fall of Rome (Nerone e Messalina)
- 1956: Dimentica il mio passato
- 1958: The Retribution of the Red Corsair (Il figlio del Corsaro Rosso)
- 1960: King of the Buccaneers (Morgan il pirata)
- 1961: Sevenfold Vengeance (Le sette sfide)
- 1962: Pirate of the Seven Seas (Il dominatore dei 7 mari)
- 1962: Slaves of the Semiramis (Io Semiramide)
- 1964: The Law of Two (I due violenti)
- 1965: The four vultures of the Sierra Nevada (I quattro inesorabili)
- 1967: Perry Rhodan - SOS from space (4… 3… 2… 1… morte)
- 1968: Killer adios (Killer, adios)
- script
- 1954: Attila, the Scourge of God (Attila) - Director: Pietro Francisci
- 1962: Alboin, King of the Lombards (Rosmunda e Alboino) - Director: Carlo Campogalliani
- 1979: Seven chicks steal a million (Sette ragazze di classe)
Web links
- Primo Zeglio in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Primo Zeglio in the OFDb
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 448/9
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeglio, Primo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buronzo , Vercelli , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1984 |
| Place of death | Rome |