Tanio Boccia
Tanio Boccia (* 1912 in Potenza , † 1982 in Rome ) was an Italian screenwriter and film director .
Life
Boccia was active as a dancer and choreographer in the 1930s and 1940s ; he was also seen as an actor in dialect pieces. From 1950 he switched to the film business and made a total of 20 films; best known are his adventure and historical films , such as Julius Caesar, the tyrant of Rome (1962), Samson and the white slaves (1963) and Il dominatore del deserto (1964); he often shot with Kirk Morris . At the end of the 1960s he also shot some spaghetti westerns .
Boccia's stage name was Amerigo Anton .
Filmography (selection)
- 1957: Traguardi di gloria
- 1960: Battle of Babylon (Il conquistatore dell'Oriente)
- 1961: Maciste defeats the fire devils (Trionfo di Maciste)
- 1962: Julius Caesar, the tyrant of Rome (Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie)
- 1963: Samson and the white slaves (Sansone contro i pirati)
- 1964: La valle dell'eco tonante
- 1964: Sandar-Khan, the lord of the yellow hell (I predoni della steppa)
- 1964: Il dominatore del deserto
- 1964: Marco - the indomitable (Maciste alla corte dello zar)
- 1964: The Revenge of Ivanhoe (La rivincita di Ivanhoe)
- 1965: Agent X-1-7 (Agent X 1-7 operación Océano)
- 1966: For a handful of lead (Uccidi o muori)
- 1967: Those who shoot themselves to shreds (Dio non paga il sabato)
- 1968: My life for revenge (Sapevano solo uccidere)
- 1970: La guerra sul fronte Est
- 1972: Django's bloody trail (La lunga cavalcata della vendetta)
- 1973: Studio legale per una rapina
Web links
- Tanio Boccia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2003, p. 62
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boccia, Tanio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anton, Amerigo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potenza , Basilicata |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1982 |
| Place of death | Rome |