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Osvaldo Civirani
Born(1917-05-19)19 May 1917
Rome, Italy
Died20 February 2008(2008-02-20) (aged 90)
Rome, Italy
OccupationFilm director

Osvaldo Civirani (19 May 1917 - 20 February 2008) was an Italian director, producer, cinematographer and screenwriter.

Born in Rome, the son of a photographer,[1] Civirani started his career in 1943, as still photographer on the set of Luchino Visconti's Ossessione.[2] After some experiences as cinematographer and assistant director, notably for Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Alessandro Blasetti and Carlo Lizzani,[2] and after directing the mondo film Sexy proibitissimo,[3] he made his feature film debut in 1964, with the sword-and-sandal film Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun.[2] He directed 20 films of various genre, retiring in 1976.[2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 8804572779.
  2. ^ a b c d "CINEMA: ADDIO A CIVIRANI, REGISTA DEI FILM COMICI CON FRANCHI E INGRASSIA". Adnkronos. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.


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