Silvio Amadio
Silvio Amadio (born August 8, 1926 in Frascati , † August 19, 1995 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .
Life
Amadio began his career after studying law as a documentary filmmaker in the 1950s (e.g. Il tennis , 1957). He worked as a screenwriter and assistant director , often with Raffaello Matarazzo . After he turned to directing from 1957, he made a number of well-staged, but mostly not particularly successful films due to limited distribution. B. one of the first Giallos ( Il segreto del vestito rosso , 1965) and a parapsychological thriller ( Il medium , 1979). In the 1970s he worked as a producer for "Domizia Film" and was a member of the board of ANICA , the Italian film association. After Il carabiniere , created in 1981 , Amadio left the film business and studied theology .
Only some of Amadio's 25 or so films were shown in the German-speaking area. For Una settimana come un altra he won a David di Donatello in 1978.
Films (selection)
- 1959: Wolves in the deep (Lupi nell'abisso)
- 1960: Theseus, hero of Hellas (Teseo contro il Minotauro)
- 1961: Mutiny on the Albatros (L'ammutinamento)
- 1964: Le sette folgori di Assur
- 1964: love, sex and annoyances (Oltraggio al pudore)
- 1965: Assassinio made in Italy
- 1965: For $ 1,000 a day (Per mille dollari al giorno)
- 1969: L'isola delle svedesi
- 1970: At the end of a summer (Disperatamente l'estate scorsa)
- 1973: Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri… invece erano quattro
- 1974: Catene
- 1974: Passions of a minor (La minorenne)
- 1975: When sweet teens fall apart (Quella età maliziosa)
- 1975: Sun, sand and hot thighs (Peccati di gioventù)
- 1976: Love without a timetable (Il medico… la studentessa)
- 1980: Il medium
- 1981: A bullet for the bull (Il carabiniere)
Web links
- Silvio Amadio in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Amadio at mymovies
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.tellusfolio.it/stampa.php?iddoc=5718&stampa=true
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 19/20
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amadio, Silvio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frascati , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1995 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |