Silvio Amadio
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Born | Frascati, Italy | 8 August 1926
Died | 19 August 1995 Rome, Italy | (aged 69)
Occupation | Film director Screenwriter |
Years active | 1957–1981 |
Silvio Amadio (8 August 1926 – 19 August 1995)[1] was an Italian film director and screenwriter.[2] He directed 24 films between 1957 and 1981. His film Wolves of the Deep was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He is known to horror film fans for directing Amuck! (1972), a giallo film starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet.
Selected filmography[]
- Wolves of the Deep (1959)
- Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960) aka Theseus Against the Minotaur (a peplum starring Bob Mathias as Theseus)
- War Gods of Babylon (1962)
- Desideri d'estate (1964)
- Assassination in Rome (1965)
- For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966)
- Smile Before Death - aka Smile of the Hyena, Rosalba Neri (1972)
- Amuck! (1972) aka In Pursuit of Pleasure, aka Maniac Mansion, starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet
- La minorenne (1974)
- Catene (1974)
- That Malicious Age (1975)
- So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... (1975)
- Il medium (1980)
- Il carabiniere (1981)
References[]
- ^ Paul Silvani (2017). 5 Film a caso dell’8 Agosto. StreetLib.
- ^ "Silvio Amadio". MyMovies. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1926 births
- 1995 deaths
- People from Frascati
- Italian film directors
- 20th-century Italian screenwriters
- Giallo film directors
- Italian male screenwriters
- 20th-century Italian male writers
- Italian film director stubs