Mario Caiano (February 13, 1933 – September 20, 2015)[1] was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer, art director and second unit director.[2]
Mario Caiano | |
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Born | Rome, Italy | February 13, 1933
Died | September 20, 2015 | (aged 82)
Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter, art director |
Years active | 1954–2002 |
Career
editBorn in Rome, he directed nearly 50 films between 1961 and 2001 and wrote some 27 films and TV scripts since 1954.[3]
He is primarily known for his work on Spaghetti Westerns,[4] Pepla, Euro Crime and to a slightly lesser degree on horror films.[5] Caiano directed (as Allen Grünewald) and wrote the script for Nightmare Castle (Amanti d'oltretomba, 1965), which stars Barbara Steele. Eye in the Labyrinth (1972) is a later film in the genre that he directed.
Partial filmography
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mario Caiano". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Mario Caiano". Corazzata Potemkin. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ^ Ercolani, Eugenio (2019-08-21). Darkening the Italian Screen: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1950s and 1960s. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6738-6.
- ^ Wong, Aliza S. (2018-12-15). Spaghetti Westerns: A Viewer's Guide. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-6904-0.
- ^ Brizio-Skov, Flavia (2021-02-17). Ride the Frontier: Exploring the Myth of the American West on Screen. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8306-5.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 129.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 128.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 110.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 102.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 103.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 186.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 115.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 116.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 183.
- ^ "Las pistolas no discuten [Le pistole non discutono] (1964)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Die letzten Zwei vom Rio Bravo". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 181.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 172.
- ^ Curti 2015, p. 143.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 187.
- ^ "Una bara per lo sceriffo (1965)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ pp. 230-1 Blake, Matt The Eurospy Guide Luminary Press 2004
- ^ Weisser, Thomas (22 August 2005). Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977. McFarland Publishing. p. 286. ISBN 9780786424429.
- ^ "Dos hombres van a morir [Ringo, il cavaliere solitario] (1968)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ "Liebesvögel" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ Curti 2017, p. 17.
- ^ Curti 2017, p. 18.
- ^ Curti 2017, p. 19.
- ^ "L'Occhio nel labirinto" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ "L'occhio nel labirinto (1972)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ "Il mio nome è Shangai Joe (1973)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 128.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 161.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 162.
- ^ "La svastica nel ventre (1976)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 235.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 224.
Works cited
edit- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
- Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1989-7.
- Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
External links
edit- Mario Caiano at IMDb