Salvatore Di Silvestro, best known as Rino Di Silvestro (30 January 1932 - 3 October 2009) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, Di Silvestro became first known thanks to ''Op bop pop nip'', a piece he wrote, directed and starred, which was continuously represented at the Teatro delle Muse in Rome from 1962 to 1966. After having collaborated uncredited to the screenplays of a number of genre films, in 1973 he made his debut as director with ''

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'', a film which his regarded as the first Italian

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Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

Deported Women of the SS Special Section ''Le deportate della sezione speciale SS'' (internationally released as ''Deported Women of the SS Special Section'', ''SS Special Section Women'' and ''Deported Women'') is a 1976 Italian erotic-drama film directed by Rino Di Silvestro. The fil ...

'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1976) * '' Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park'' (1984) * ''The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra'' (1985)

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* 1932 births 2009 deaths Giallo film directors Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male film actors Italian film producers People from the Province of Cuneo Writers from Rome Male actors from Rome Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub