Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor.

Biography

Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a

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, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy

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. Among the people Girolami met was

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who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of ''Campo de'fiori'' which was passed on to

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. The story was re-written by Girolami and

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and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for

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. In 1949 he debuted as a director with ''La strada buia'', a variation on the film '' Fugitive Lady''. He followed the film with several musical comedies and melodramas. Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Girolami as one of Italy's most prolific genre directors, directing 78 films in three decades. Girolami worked in several genres and trends such as the Western with '' Between God, the Devil and a Winchester'', the crime film (''

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'') and horror with ''

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''. Girolami also made

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such as '' Sesso profondo''. Girolami died on 20 February 1994 in Rome.

Personal life

Girolami was the older brother of director Romolo Girolami, who worked with Marino as an assistant director on some of his films such as '' Il Mio amico Jekyll'' and later directed under the name

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. Marino Girolami is also the father of actor

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and director Enzo G. Castellari.

Select filmography

:Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Girolami, Marino 1914 births 1994 deaths Film directors from Rome Poliziotteschi directors