Luigi Scattini (17 May 1927 – 12 July 2010) 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, pr ...
and screenwriter.
Scattini graduated in law, then he began his career as a journalist and a film critic for several weekly magazines such as '' Gente'' and '' Oggi''. In the 1960s he entered the cinema industry as a director of ephemeral films and mondo documentaries. He also directed several feature films, including the comedy ''
War Italian Style
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'' with
Buster Keaton
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. He was also active as a producer, a film editor and a dubbing director. He was the father of the actress
Monica Scattini
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War Italian Style
''Due marines e un generale'' (translated: ''Two Marines and a General'', internationally released as ''War Italian Style'') is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Scattini. The film puts together the famous Italian comic duo Franco and C ...
'' (1966)
* ''
Ring Around the World
''Ring Around the World'' ( it, Duello nel mondo, french: Duel dans le monde) is a 1966 Italian-French Eurospy film written and directed by Luigi Scattini (here credited as Arthur Scott) and starring Richard Harrison.
The French director Georg ...