Bruno Mattei

Bruno Mattei
File:Bruno Mattei
Born	Bruno Mattei
Other names	Vincent Dawn, Pierre Le Blanc, David Hunt, Martin Miller
Years active	1962-2006

Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director and editor who gained a minor cult following for his exploitation films. He used many pseudonyms, including Vincent Dawn (choosing the surname as a nod to George Romero's Dawn of the Dead). The first film directed by Mattei was Armida il dramma di una sposa. Soon after he made the infamous nazi exploitation classic KZ 9 and SS Girls. In the 1980s he created a string of zombi, nun exploitation and knock off films. In total he made over 50 films, many of them were low budget, however they have attracted a cult following ever since. Mattei was hospitalized in early May 2007 due to complications from a stomach tumor, and lapsed into a coma shortly after. He died on May 21, 2007.

Selected filmography as director

• Zombies: The Beginning (2007, sequel to "Hell of the Living Dead")
• Island of the Living Dead (2006)
• The Jail: A Woman's Hell (2006, aka Lost Soul)
• Belle Da Morire 2 (2005, aka Killing Striptease 2)
• Mondo Cannibale (2003, aka Cannibal Holocaust 2, aka Cannibal World)
• Nella Terra dei Cannibali (2003, aka Cannibal Ferox 3: Land of Death)
• Snuff Killer-La Morta in diretta (2003, aka Snuff Trap)
• Belle Da Morire (2001, aka Killing Striptease)
• Ljuba (1996, aka Body and Soul)
• Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws (1995, aka The Beast)
• Eyes without a Face (1994, aka Madness)
• Dangerous Attraction (1994)
• Desire (1990)
• Shocking Dark (1989, aka Terminator 2)
• Zombi 4: After Death (1988, Co-producer)
• Zombi 3 (1988, co-directed with Lucio Fulci)
• Strike Commando II (1988, aka Diabolical Trap)
• Robowar (1988, starring Reb Brown)
• Cop Game (1988, crime drama)
• Born To Fight (1987, war movie)
• Strike Commando (1987, starring Reb Brown & Christopher Connelley)
• Double Target (1987. starring Bo Svenson & Donald Pleasence)
• Scalps (1986, spaghetti western)
• White Apache (1986, spaghetti western)
• Rats: Night Of Terror (1983, written by Claudio Fragasso)
• The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983, co-directed with Claudio Fragasso) stars Lou Ferrigno
• Emanuelle Escapes from Hell (1983, aka Women's Prison Massacre)
• Violence in a Women's Prison (1982, aka Caged Women)
• Caligula and Messalina (1982, aka Caligula's Perversions)
• Porno Holocaust (1981) co-directed with Joe D'Amato (uncredited)
• Virus: Hell of the Living Dead (1981, aka. Night of the Zombies, aka. Zombie Creeping Flesh)
• The True Story of the Nun of Monza (1980, Nun exploitation)
• The Other Hell (1980, aka The Presence, aka Guardian of Hell)
• Sexy Night Report (1977, aka Mondo Erotico)
• KZ9, Lager di Sterminio (1977, aka SS Extermination Love Camp)
• SS Girls (1977, aka Private House for the SS)

External links

• Bruno Mattei at IMDb