Stelvio Massi
Stelvio Massi (born March 26, 1929 in Civitanova Marche , † March 26, 2004 in Velletri ) was an Italian cameraman and film director .
Life
From 1952 Massi was camera assistant to his uncle, Carmelo Petralia, and 10 years later became chief cameraman for numerous genre films, first with Ettore M. Fizzarotti , later for Tonino Valerii and Sergio Martino , among others . At the beginning of the 1970s he switched to the director's chair and made a name for himself as a director of action-oriented police films . He often worked with the actors Maurizio Merli and Tomás Milián .
Massi died on his 75th birthday. As a director he sometimes called himself Max Steel , as a cameraman Stefano Catalano . His son Danilo is also in the film business.
Filmography
camera operator
- 1961: Maciste in the hands of the tyrant (Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan)
- 1965: Pistoleros (All'ombra di una colt)
- 1966: Lanky Fellow - The Lonely Avenger (Per il gusto di uccidere)
- 1967: Bradock - three ounces of lead for five o'clock tea (Troppo per vivere ... poco per morire) - Director: Michele Lupo
- 1967: Come on Gorilla, strike! (Tiffany memorandum) - Director: Sergio Grieco
- 1967: Stinking Dollars (Le due facce del dollaro)
- 1968: Django - A coffin full of blood (Il momento di uccidere)
- 1968: A death shirt as a farewell (Vendo cara la pelle)
- 1968: The Dirty Thirteen (Quindici forche per un assassino)
- 1969: Dead rot in the sun (Un posto all'inferno) - Director: Giuseppe Vari
- 1969: Django - God forgive his Colt (Dio perdoni la mia pistola)
- 1969: The boss dies before 12 (Rapporto Fuller, base Stoccolma) - Director: Sergio Grieco
- 1969: Archangel ( L'arcangelo ) - Director: Giorgio Capitani
- 1969: Bloody lead (Il prezzo del potere)
- 1970: Sartana - still warm and already sand on it (Buon funerale, amigos ... paga Sartana)
- 1970: Django and Sabata - like bloody vultures (C'è Sartana… vendi la pistola e comprati la bara)
- 1970: The girl Julius (La ragazza di nome Giulio) - directed by Tonino Valerii
- 1971: A Hallelujah for Camposanto (Gli fumavano le Colt… lo chiamavano Camposanto)
- 1971: The Aviators of Death (Forza “G”) - Directed by Duccio Tessari
- 1971: March order to hell (Il sergente Klems) - Director: Sergio Grieco
- 1971: I am called Hallelujah (Testa t'ammazzo, croce ... sei morto! Mi chiamano Alleluja)
- 1972: Confesses friends, Hallelujah is coming (Il West ti va stretto, amico… è arrivato Alleluja)
- 1972: The secret of the bloody lily (Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?)
- 1973: Do you know the country where blue beans bloom? (Lo chiamavano Tresette… giocava semper col morto)
Director
- 1974: Macrò
- 1974: The Merciless Hunt (Squadra volante)
- 1974: Day-Killer (5 donne per l'assassino)
- 1975: Mark il poliziotto
- 1975: The ultimatum expires (Mark il poliziotto spara per primo)
- 1976: Killer of the Apocalypse (La legge violenta della squadra anticrimine)
- 1976: The 44 Specialist (Mark colpisce ancora)
- 1976: In the clutches of the Mafia (Il conto è chiuso)
- 1977: The Gangster Academy (La banda del trucido)
- 1977: The Pimp (Poliziotto senza paura)
- 1977: Highway Racer (Poliziotto sprint)
- 1978: Commissioner Mariani - Sentenced to death! (Il commissario di ferro)
- 1978: Convoy Busters (Un poliziotto scomodo)
- 1979: Speed Cross - two give full throttle (Speed Cross)
- 1979: Hunted City (Sbirro, la tua legge è lenta… la mia… no!)
- 1980: The Speed Driver
- 1980: Two tough professionals (Poliziotto solitudine e rabbia)
- 1984: TIR (TV series)
- 1984: Torna
- 1984: Guapparia
- 1986: Mondo cane 3 (Mondo cane oggi)
- 1987: Due assi per un turbo (TV movie)
- 1987: Eroi dell'inferno
- 1987: Black Cobra (Cobra nero)
- 1988: Black Cobra II - used in Manila (Cobra nero 2)
- 1988: Taxi Killer
- 1988: Mondo Cane 4 (Mondo cane 2000 l'incredibile)
- 1989: Droga sterco di Dio
- 1989: Black Angel (Arabella l'angelo nero)
- 1992: L'urlo della verità
- 1993: High Risk ( Alto rischio )
- 1994: Balkan Runner (La pista bulgara)
- 1994: War Dogs - On a murderous mission (Il quinto giorno)
Web links
- Stelvio Massi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Italian site about Stelvio Massi
- Italian interview and photo
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 277
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Massi, Stelvio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steel, Max (pseudonym); Catalano, Stefano (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cameraman and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Civitanova Marche |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 2004 |
| Place of death | Velletri |