Stelvio Massi

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Stelvio Massi (26 March 1929 – 26 March 2004), sometimes credited "Max Steel", was an Italian director known for his "poliziotteschi" films.

Career[]

Massi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as assistant camera operator, and in 1954 he became a cameraman.[1] Ten years later he began to work as cinematographer, and in 1973 he debuted as film director with Macrò.[1] He obtained a great commercial success with the Mark il poliziotto film series, then with a series of poliziotteschi starred by Maurizio Merli.

Massi also worked on television, directing the 1987 TV series Due assi per un turbo. His son Danilo is also a film director.[1]

Filmography[]

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Director Screenwriter Cinematographer Other
The Dragon's Blood 1957 Yes Camera operator [2]
Duel of the Titans 1961 Yes Camera operator [3][4]
A Fistful of Dollars 1964 Yes Camera operator [5]
Yes [6][7]
Per il gusto di uccidere 1966 Yes [8]
The Moment To Kill 1968 Yes [9][10]
The Price of Power 1969 Yes [11][12]
A Girl Called Jules 1970 Yes [13]
Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin Yes [14][15]
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay Yes [16][15]
Emergency Squad 1974 Yes Yes [17]
Mark of the Cop 1975 Yes Yes [18]
Mark Shoots First Yes Yes [19]
Cross Shot 1976 Yes [20]
Mark Strikes Again Yes [21]
The Last Round Yes [22]
Destruction Force 1977 Yes Yes [23]
Highway Racer Yes [24]
Fearless 1978 Yes Yes [25]
Il commissario di ferro Yes [26]
Convoy Busters Yes Yes [27]
Hunted City 1979 Yes Yes [28]
The Rebel 1980 Yes Yes [29]
In ginocchio da te N/A Yes [30]
Tears on Your Face N/A Yes [31]
Non son degno di te N/A Yes [32]
'Se non avessi più te N/A Yes [33]
Doc, Hands of Steel N/A Yes [34]
N/A Yes [35]
Mi vedrai tornare N/A Yes [36]
Nessuno mi può giudicare N/A Yes [37]
N/A Yes [38]
15 forche per un assassino N/A Yes [39]
N/A Yes [40]
Tiffany Memorandum N/A Yes [41]
Your Turn to Die N/A Yes [42]
Brutti di notte N/A Yes [43]
The Fuller Report N/A Yes [44]
I'll Sell My Skin Dearly N/A Yes [45]
Alibi N/A Yes [46]
The Archangel N/A Yes [47]
N/A Yes [48]
N/A Yes [49]
They Call Him Cemetery N/A Yes [50]
N/A Yes [51]
They Call Me Hallelujah N/A Yes [52]
Winged Devils N/A Yes [53]
The Case of the Bloody Iris N/A Yes [54]
Return of Halleluja N/A Yes [55]
N/A Yes [56]
Giovannona Long-Thigh N/A Yes [57]
N/A Yes [58]
Man Called Invincible N/A Yes [59]
N/A Yes [60]
N/A Yes [61]
Five Women for the Killer N/A Yes [62]
Speed Cross N/A Yes [63]
N/A Yes Yes [64]
N/A Yes [65]
N/A Yes [66]
N/A Yes Yes Yes Screen story writer [67]
The Black Cobra N/A Yes [68]
Hell's Heroes - Eroi dell'inferno N/A Yes [69]
N/A Yes [70]
N/A Yes [71]
N/A Yes [72]
N/A Yes Yes [73]
N/A Yes [74]
N/A Yes [75]
N/A Yes [76]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002.
  2. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 49.
  3. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 50.
  4. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 51.
  5. ^ Curti 2016, p. 192.
  6. ^ Curti 2017, p. 321.
  7. ^ Curti 2017, p. 322.
  8. ^ Curti 2016, p. 194.
  9. ^ "Momento di uccidere (1968)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Django - Ein Sarg voll Blut". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  11. ^ Curti 2016, p. 195.
  12. ^ Curti, Roberto (2018). "If You Meet Sartana...". The Complete Sartana (Booklet). Arrow Video. p. 26. FCD1762 / AV151.
  13. ^ Curti 2016, p. 196.
  14. ^ "C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara! (1970)" (in Italian). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b Curti, Roberto (2018). "If You Meet Sartana...". The Complete Sartana (Booklet). Arrow Video. p. 27. FCD1762 / AV151.
  16. ^ "Buon funerale amigos!.. Paga Sartana (1970)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  17. ^ Curti 2013, p. 110.
  18. ^ Curti 2013, p. 126.
  19. ^ Curti 2013, p. 143.
  20. ^ Curti 2013, p. 171.
  21. ^ Curti 2013, p. 183.
  22. ^ Curti 2013, p. 180.
  23. ^ Curti 2013, p. 215.
  24. ^ Curti 2013, p. 221.
  25. ^ Curti 2013, p. 245.
  26. ^ Curti 2013, p. 238.
  27. ^ Curti 2013, p. 239.
  28. ^ Curti 2013, p. 262.
  29. ^ Curti 2013, p. 275.
  30. ^ "In ginocchio da te (1964)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  31. ^ "Una lacrima sul viso (1964)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  32. ^ "Non son degno di te". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  33. ^ "Se non avessi più te (1965)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  34. ^ "L'uomo dalla pistola d'oro (1965)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  35. ^ "Due oriundi per Cesare (1965)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  36. ^ "Mi vedrai tornare (1965)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  37. ^ "Nessuno mi può giudicare (1966)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  38. ^ "Le due facce del dollaro (1967)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  39. ^ "15 forche per un assassino". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  40. ^ "I ragazzi di Bandiera Gialla (1967)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  41. ^ "Tiffany Memorandum". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  42. ^ "Troppo per vivere, poco per morire (1967)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  43. ^ "Brutti di notte (1968)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  44. ^ "Rapporto Fuller, base Stoccolma (1968)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  45. ^ "Vendo cara la pelle (1968)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  46. ^ "Alibi (1968)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  47. ^ "L'arcangelo (1969)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  48. ^ "Dio perdoni la mia pistola (1969)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  49. ^ "Un posto all'inferno (1969)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  50. ^ "Gli fumavano le Colt... lo chiamavano Camposanto (1971)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  51. ^ "Il sergente Klems (1971)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  52. ^ "Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto! Mi chiamano Alleluja (1971)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  53. ^ "Forza g (1971)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  54. ^ "Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? (1972)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  55. ^ "Il West ti va stretto, amico... è arrivato Alleluja (1972)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  56. ^ "Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia (1973)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  57. ^ "Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  58. ^ "Ingrid sulla strada (1973)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  59. ^ "Lo chiamavano Tresette... giocava sempre col morto (1973)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  60. ^ "Partirono preti, tornarono... curati (1973)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  61. ^ "Giuda uccide il venerdì (1973)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  62. ^ "5 donne per l'assassino (1974)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  63. ^ "Speed Cross (1980)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  64. ^ "Speed Driver (1980)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  65. ^ "Guapparia (1983)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  66. ^ "Torna (1984)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  67. ^ "Mondo cane oggi - L'orrore continua". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  68. ^ "The Black Cobra (1987)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  69. ^ "Hell's Heroes - Eroi dell'inferno". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  70. ^ "Arabella: l'angelo nero (1989)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  71. ^ "Droga sterco di Dio (1989)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  72. ^ "L'urlo della verità (1991)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  73. ^ "Alto rischio (1994)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  74. ^ "La pista bulgara (1994)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  75. ^ "Il quinto giorno (5°) (1994)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  76. ^ "Tuono di proiettile (1995)". Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

References[]

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
  • Curti, Roberto (2016). Tonino Valerii: The Films. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476626185.
  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.
  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

Further reading[]

  • Fulvio Fulvi, Poliziotti senza paura: Stelvio Massi e il cinema d'azione, Il foglio, 2010, ISBN 8876062785

External links[]


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