Antonio Margheriti
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Antonio Margheriti (September 19, 1930 – November 4, 2002), also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72.
Margheriti is known for his science fiction, horror, spaghetti western and action movies. He is the director of such cult movies as Horror Castle, Castle of Blood, Spacemen, The Golden Arrow, Wild, Wild Planet, Lightning Bolt, The Unnaturals, Mr. Superinvisible, Battle of the Worlds (1961), and dozens of others. Most of his films were directed under the pseudonym of Anthony M. Dawson, with the exception of Io ti amo (1968).
He was the only Italian director who worked directly for production companies like MGM, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, etc. with films like: Yor, the Hunter from the Future, Take a Hard Ride, Killer Fish, and the four films of the science fiction series, Gamma 1 in 1964.
His son Edoardo is also a filmmaker.
Eli Roth's character donned Margheriti as his namesake in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, directed by Quentin Tarantino.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Assignment Outer Space (1960) aka "Space Men"
- Battle of the Worlds (1961) starring Claude Rains
- The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963) aka Horror Castle, starring Christopher Lee
- The Long Hair of Death (1964) starring Barbara Steele
- Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules (1964) aka "Anthar the Invincible"
- Castle of Blood (1964) aka Danza Macabra starring Barbara Steele
- Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964)
- Wild, Wild Planet (1965)
- Lightning Bolt (1966)
- War of the Planets (1966)
- Planet on the Prowl (1966)
- Space Devils (1967) aka Blue Devils, aka "Snow Devils"
- Naked You Die (1968) aka The Young, the Evil and the Savage
- Vengeance (1968)
- Mr. Super Invisible (1970)
- E Dio disse a Caino/ "And God Called Cain" (1970)
- Web of the Spider (1971) starring Klaus Kinski
- Seven Dead in the Cat's Eye (1973)
- Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (2nd unit director)
- Take a Hard Ride (1975)
- Killer Fish (1979)
- Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) aka Invasion of the Flesh Hunters, aka "Apocalypse Domani"
- The Last Hunter (1982)
- Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1983)
- Tiger Joe (1983)
- Ark of the Sun God (1983)
- Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)
- Jungle Raiders (1985)
- Treasure Island in Outer Space (1986)
- Alien from the Deep (1989)
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Antonio Margheriti at the Internet Movie Database
- Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
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