
Osvaldo Civirani
Director
Born: May 19, 1917 (90 years old)
Died: February 14, 2008
Place of birth: Rome, Italy
Biography
Osvaldo Civirani (19 May 1917 — 20 February 2008) was an Italian still photographer, producer, director, cinematographer, screenwriter and author. Until 1963, Civirani worked mainly as still photographer on over two hundred films. From 1963 until 1976, Civirani produced and directed 20 films in such diverse genres as erotic mondo film, peplum, eurospy film, Spaghetti Western, costume drama, comedy, giallo, and exotic erotic drama. As author, he wrote two autobiographical books that were published in 1995 and 2003.
Filmography (21)
- Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954, ★ 6.6)
- Don Camillo's Last Round (1955, ★ 7.2)
- The Return of Don Camillo (1953, ★ 7.2)
- The White Sheik (1952, ★ 7.2)
- Obsession (1944, ★ 7.5)
- Son of Django (1967, ★ 6.1)
- First Communion (1950, ★ 6.1)
- Variety Lights (1950, ★ 6.9)
- The Flowers of St. Francis (1950, ★ 7.1)
- I pappagalli (1955, ★ 5.7)
- Jealousy (1953, ★ 6.1)
- Toto and Marcellino (1958, ★ 6.3)
- Theodora, Slave Empress (1954, ★ 5.9)
- Two Sons of Trinity (1972, ★ 4.3)
- The Devil with Seven Faces (1971, ★ 4.6)
- The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a Half in Amsterdam (1972, ★ 4.2)
- Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell (1970, ★ 4.3)
- The Two Big Shots (1971, ★ 4.7)
- Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960, ★ 5.1)
- The Black Peacock (1975, ★ 5.2)
- Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964, ★ 3.2)