Tiziano Longo
Appearance
Tiziano Longo | |
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Born | 24 April 1924 |
Died | 10 January 1978 | (aged 53)
Occupation | Film director |
Tiziano Longo (24 April 1924 – 10 January 1978) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Rimini, in 1943 Longo started his career as an actor, appearing in Luis Trenker's Monte Miracolo.[1] Starting from the late 1940s, he focused on film production, founding several production companies and producing films by Fernando Di Leo, Umberto Lenzi, Nello Rossati and Mario Caiano, among others.[1]
In 1964, Longo made his directorial debut with the family film Michelino Cucchiarella.[1][2] In the 1970s, he specialized in the commedia sexy all'italiana genre.[1] He died on 10 January 1978, at the age of 53.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Director
- Sixteen (1973)
- La prova d'amore (1974)
- La profanazione (1974)
- Sins in the Country (1976)
- Onore e guapparia (1977)
- Producer
- The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960)
- Final Pardon (1952)
- The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962)
- Hawk of the Caribbean (1962)
- Red Roses for the Fuhrer (1968)
- A Woman on Fire (1969)
- A Wrong Way to Love (1969)
- Naked Violence (1969)
- Slaughter Hotel (1971)
- La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde! (1977)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Roberto Poppi (2002). "Longo, Tiziano". I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore. pp. 246–7. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ a b Lupi, Gordiano. "Tiziano Longo". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 June 2025.