Romano Scavolini (born 18 June 1940) is an Italian film director and the younger brother of screenwriter Sauro Scavolini.
Romano Scavolini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 June 1940[1] |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer, scriptwriter, cinematographer |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Notable work | Nightmare, A White Dress for Marialé |
Career
editHe has been directing since the 1960s. Most of his films are shot independently and with an experimental style.[2] His best-known horror films are Nightmare (1981), a gruesome horror film that was banned as a video nasty in the UK, and his 1972 A White Dress for Marialé.[3]
Filmography
edit- The Devastated One (I devastati) – 1958/1959
- Blind Fly (A mosca cieca) (Ricordati di Haron) – 1966
- The Dress Rehearsal (La prova generale) – 1968
- Entonce – 1969
- L'amore breve (Lo stato d'assedio) (also known as State of Siege – Besieged) – 1969
- The long march (La lunga marcia)
- A White Dress for Marialé; aka Un bianco vestito per Marialé (also known as Spirits of Death) – 1972
- Heart (Cuore) – 1973
- Your Honor (Servo suo) – 1973
- The Savage Hunt (also known as Condor's Run) – 1980
- Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (also known as Nightmare – Blood Splash) – 1981
- Dog Tags – 1988
- Ustica: a thorn in the heart (Ustica. Una spina nel cuore) – 2001/2002/2003
- "Che" The Last Hours (Le ultime ore del Che) – 2003
- Apocalisse delle scimmie – A TRILOGY – 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008
- Two Families – 2007
- Two Days – 2012
as interviewed:
- Ban the Sadist Videos! – 2005
- The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal – 2007
References
edit- ^ IMDb. "Romano Scavolini". IMDb. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ di Marino, Bruno. "Le belle prove di Romano Scavolini – Il cinema Underground". Tiscalinet (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "A-Z of Video Nasties". Hysteria Lives!. Retrieved 11 August 2019.