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Film director, Screenwriter
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Male
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Birth:
8 August 1926(Frascati, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Death:
19 May 1995(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Biography
Introduction
Silvio Amadio (8 August 1926 – 19 August 1995) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 24 films between 1957 and 1981. His film Wolves of the Deep was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He is known to horror film fans for directing Amuck! (1972), a giallo film starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet.
Selected filmography
- Wolves of the Deep (1959)
- Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960) aka Theseus Against the Minotaur (a peplum starring Bob Mathias as Theseus)
- War Gods of Babylon (1962)
- Desideri d'estate (1964)
- Assassination in Rome (1965)
- For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966)
- Smile Before Death - aka Smile of the Hyena, Rosalba Neri (1972)
- Amuck! (1972) aka In Pursuit of Pleasure, aka Maniac Mansion, starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet
- La minorenne (1974)
- Catene (1974)
- That Malicious Age (1975)
- So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... (1975)
- Il carabiniere (1981)