Luca Damiano (born Franco Lo Cascio; 29 August 1946) is an Italian

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. Born in Rome, Lo Cascio started his career as the assistant director of

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in almost all the films he directed between 1967 and 1974. In 1974, he made his directorial debut with the parody film ''

Piedino il questurino ''Piedino il questurino'' (Italian for "Littlefoot the policeman") is a 1974 criminal comedy film directed by Franco Lo Cascio and starring Franco Franchi. It is a parody of Steno's '' Flatfoot''. Plot Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco ...

'' starring

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. After having directed a number of comedies and the supernatural thriller ''Un urlo dalle tenebre'' in 1976, Lo Cascio withdrew from directing to focus on his distribution company "Patrizia Cinematografica" he founded together with Diego Spadaro. In 1984, he adopted his stage name Luca Damiano and directed and produced numerous

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films.

Awards and nominations

* 2000 FICEB Ninfa Award winner - Lifetime Achievement Award * 2001 FICEB Ninfa Award winner - Special Jury Award

Partial filmography

* ''Piedino il questurino'' (1974) * ''Un urlo dalle tenebre'' (1975) * ''

Ah sì? E io lo dico a Zzzzorro! ''Mark of Zorro'' ( it, Ah sì? E io lo dico a Zzzzorro!, also known as ''Who's Afraid of Zorro'' and ''They Call Him Zorro... Is He?'') is a 1975 Italian adventure comedy film directed by Franco Lo Cascio. Plot Cast * George Hilton: Fel ...

'' (1976) * ''Sesso allo specchio'' (1981) * ''Erotic Adventures of Red Riding Hood'' (1986) * ''La Signora dell'Oriente Express'' (1989) * ''Il Marchese de Sade - Oltre ogni perversione'' (1994) * ''Ladri gentiluomini - Donne, gioielli... e culi belli'' (1994) * ''The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo'' (1994) * ''The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X'' (1994) * ''Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia'' (1995) * ''Snow White & 7 Dwarfs'' (1995) * ''War Games'' (1996) * ''Napoleon'' (1996) * ''Orient Express'' (1996) * ''The Princess, the Bodyguard and the Stripper'' (1996) * ''C'era una volta il... bordello'' (1997) * ''Rock Erotic Picture Show'' (1997) * ''Don Juan'' (1998) * ''Paolina Borghese ninfomane imperiale'' (1998) * ''Snow White... Ten Years Later'' (1999) * ''Penocchio'' (2002)

References

External links

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Director Luca Damiano at the Adult Film Database

Luca Damiano at mymovies.it
Italian pornographic film directors Italian pornographic film producers 1946 births Living people Film directors from Rome {{Italy-film-director-stub