Roberto Leoni

Roberto Leoni

Roberto Leoni (* in Rome ) is an Italian screenwriter , film director and author.

Life

Leoni studied at the La Sapienza University in Rome and was honored there with a university prize for his theatrical work. From 1965 he staged several modern classics and worked for the cultural journal "Numero". In 1968 a screenplay for Leonis was filmed for the first time, Eat it was directed with Frank Wolff and Paolo Villaggio . In addition to constant work for various magazines, Leoni then devoted himself to poetry and published two volumes of poetry.

From 1971 he worked intensively on scripts and story drafts for the film; In 1974 he directed (as Butch Lion ) a comedic crime film with the Les Humphries Singers in important roles in Spain. In addition to demanding work, there are also many action films and occasional works in his filmography. The Santa sangre , directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky in 1989, received numerous awards. In the mid-1990s and after experiencing two failures as a film director, Leoni was responsible for two radio formats at RAI . Then he switched between working for film, television - a. a. for the successful series Gente di mare and La bambina e il commissario (2009) - and literature.

Filmography (selection)

as a director

• 1974: Les Humphries: It Bangs - and the Angels Sing (as Butch Lion )

as a screenwriter

• 1976: Settlement in San Francisco (Gli esecutori)
• 1977: The man from Virginia (California)
• 1978: How to lose your wife and win a girlfriend (Come perdere una moglie e trovare un'amante)
• 1985: Hungry Scorpions (I cinque del Condor)
• 1985: A man sees clearly (Vediamo chiaro)
• 1987: Brothers in Blood (La sporca insegna del coraggio)
• 1987: Distant Lights - Close encounter with the afterlife (Luci lontane)
• 1989: Miami Cops (Miami Cops)
• 1989: Santa Sangre (Santa sangre)

Web links

• Roberto Leoni in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Leonis website

Individual evidence

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