Osvaldo Civirani
| Osvaldo Civirani | |
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| Born | 19 May 1917 Rome, Italy |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Film director |
Osvaldo Civirani (19 May 1917 - 20 February 2008) was an Italian director, producer, cinematographer and screenwriter.
Born in Rome, the son of a photographer,[1] Civirani started his career in 1943, as still photographer on the set of Luchino Visconti's Ossessione.[2] After some experiences as cinematographer and assistant director, notably for Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Alessandro Blasetti and Carlo Lizzani,[2] and after directing the mondo film Sexy proibitissimo,[3] he made his feature film debut in 1964, with the sword-and-sandal film Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun.[2] He directed 20 films of various genre, retiring in 1976.[2]
Selected filmography
- Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964)
- Operation Poker (1965)
- Son of Django (1967)
- Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better (1968)
- Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell (1970)
- The Devil Has Seven Faces (1972)
- Two Sons of Trinity (1972)
- I due gattoni a nove code... e mezza ad Amsterdam (1972)
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