Stelvio Massi

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. Ten years later he began to work as cinematographer, and in 1973 he debuted as film director with Macrò. 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.

Filmography

• Emergency Squad (1974)
• Five Women for the Killer (1974)
• Mark of the Cop (1975)
• Mark Shoots First (1975)
• Mark Strikes Again (1976)
• Cross Shot (1976)
• Highway Racer (1977)
• Destruction Force (1977)
• Fearless (1978)
• Convoy Busters (1978)
• The Iron Commissioner (1978)
• Convoy Busters (1978)
• Hunted City (1979)
• Speed Cross (1980)
• The Rebel (1980)
• Speed Driver (1980)
• Mondo cane 3 (1985)
• Black Cobra (1987)
• Mondo cane 2000 (1988)
• Arabella the Black Angel (1989) aka Angela the Black Angel
• Droga: Sterco di Dio (Droga: Viaje sin retorno) (1989)

Further reading

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

External links

• Stelvio Massi at the Internet Movie Database