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Italian film director
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Birth:
17 May 1927(Turin, Province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy)
Death:
12 July 2010(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Biography
Introduction
Luigi Scattini (17 May 1927 – 12 July 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Scattini graduated in law, then he began his career as a journalist and a film critic for several weekly magazines such as Gente and Oggi. In the 1960s he entered the cinema industry as a director of ephemeral films and mondo documentaries. He also directed several feature films, including the comedy War Italian Style with Buster Keaton. He was also active as a producer, a film editor and a dubbing director. He was the father of the actress Monica Scattini.
Selected filmography
- Primitive Love (1964)
- War Italian Style (1966)
- Ring Around the World (1966)
- The Glass Sphinx (1967)
- Sweden: Heaven and Hell (1968)
- La ragazza dalla pelle di luna (1972)
- The Body (1974)
- Twilight of Love (1977)