Marco Leto (18 January 1931 – 21 April 2016) was an Italian film and television director and

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. Born in Rome, Leto started his career in the 1950s as an assistant director in a large number of films. In 1965 he started a collaboration with

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, for which he directed several serials and TV movies. After signing some screenplays, Leto made his film directorial debut in 1973, with the critically appreciated ''

Black Holiday ''Black Holiday'' ( it, La villeggiatura) is a 1973 Italian political drama film directed by Marco Leto and starring Adolfo Celi. Cast * Adolfo Celi as Commissioner Rizzuto * Adalberto Maria Merli as Franco Rossini * John Steiner as Scagnett ...

''. In the following years he kept active both in cinema and in television.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1973) * '' Al piacere di rivederla'' (1976)

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* * 1931 births 2016 deaths Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian television directors Film directors from Rome Nastro d'Argento winners {{Italy-film-director-stub