Silvio Amadio (8 August 1926 – 19 August 1995) was an Italian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He directed 24 films between 1957 and 1981. His film ''

Wolves of the Deep ''Wolves of the Deep'' ( it, Lupi nell'abisso) is a 1959 Italian drama film directed by Silvio Amadio. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Massimo Girotti as Comandante * Folco Lulli as Nostromo * Alberto Lupo ...

'' was entered into the

9th Berlin International Film Festival The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June – 7 July 1959. The festival welcomed the cinematic movement known as the New Wave and screened the work of directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda and Françoi ...

. He is known to horror film fans for directing ''Amuck!'' (1972), a

giallo In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, ...

film starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet, and to

Commedia sexy all'italiana The commedia sexy all'italiana (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all'italiana, is a subgenre of Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre. Style ''Commedia sexy'' is characterized typ ...

fans for directing some of the best

Gloria Guida Gloria Guida (; born 19 November 1952) is an Italian actress and model. She is best known for starring in commedia erotica all'italiana, particularly the '' La liceale'' series, and also in erotic coming-of-age-drama films in the mid-1970s. L ...

sex comedies of the mid 1970s.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1959) * ''

Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete ''Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete'' ( it, Teseo contro il Minotauro, lit=Theseus against the Minotaur) is a 1960 film based on the Greek legend of Theseus, the Athenian hero who is said to have slain a minotaur on Minoan Crete around 1500 or 14 ...

'' (1960) a.k.a. ''Theseus Against the Minotaur'' (a peplum starring Bob Mathias as Theseus) * ''

War Gods of Babylon ''Le sette folgori di Assur'' (English title: ''War Gods of Babylon'') is a 1962 Italian film set in ancient Mesopotamia, which anachronistically portrays several figures as contemporaries who historically lived hundreds of years apart. Plot Mir ...

'' (1962) * ''

Desideri d'estate ''Desideri d'estate'' is a 1964 Italian comedy film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Cast * Gabriele Ferzetti * Rosemary Dexter * Jodine Remond * Cristina Kustermann References External links *''Desideri d'estate''at Variety Distribution Va ...

'' (1964) * ''

Assassination in Rome ''Assassination in Rome'' ( it, Assassinio made in Italy, link=no) is a 1965 Italian thriller film of the giallo genre directed by Silvio Amadio. Cast *Hugh O'Brian ... Dick Sherman *Cyd Charisse ... Shelley North *Eleonora Rossi Drago ... Er ...

'' (1965) * '' For One Thousand Dollars Per Day'' (1966) * ''Twisted Girls'' (1969) a.k.a. ''No Man's Island'', a.k.a. ''Island of the Swedes'' (cameraman:

Joe D'Amato Aristide Massaccesi (15 December 1936 – 23 January 1999), known professionally as Joe D'Amato, was an Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter who worked in many genres ( westerns, decamerotici, peplum, war films, ...

) * '' Smile Before Death'' - a.k.a. ''Smile of the Hyena'', Rosalba Neri (1972) * ''

Amuck! ''Amuck!'' ( it, Alla ricerca del piacere, lit=In Pursuit of Pleasure) is an Italian ''giallo'' film written and directed by Silvio Amadio. Plot Greta, a beautiful blonde American, is hired as the new secretary to Richard Stuart, a famous novel ...

'' (1972) a.k.a. ''In Pursuit of Pleasure'', a.k.a. ''Maniac Mansion'', starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet * ''

La minorenne LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

'' (1974) * '' Catene'' (1974) * ''

That Malicious Age ''That Malicious Age'' (Italian: ''Quella età maliziosa'') is a 1975 Italian erotic drama film co-written and directed by Silvio Amadio. It features Nino Castelnuovo and Gloria Guida. Plot Napoleone (Castelnuovo) is an artist bored of his ...

'' (1975) * '' So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...'' (1975) * '' Il medium'' (1980) * ''Il carabiniere'' (1981)

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