| Romano Scavolini | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1940-06-18) 18 June 1940 (age 84) Fiume, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer, scriptwriter, cinematographer |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Notable work | Nightmare, A White Dress for Marialé |
Romano Scavolini (born 18 June 1940) is an Italian film director and the younger brother of screenwriter Sauro Scavolini.
Career
He has been directing since the 1960s. Most of his films are shot independently and with an experimental style. His best-known horror films are Nightmare (1981), a gruesome horror film that was banned as a video nasty in the UK, and his 1972 A White Dress for Marialé.
Filmography
- The Devastated One (I devastati) – 1958/1959
- Blind Fly (A mosca cieca) (Ricordati di Haron) – 1966
- The Dress Rehearsal (La prova generale) – 1968
- Entonce – 1969
- L'amore breve [it] (Lo stato d'assedio) (also known as State of Siege – Besieged) – 1969
- The long march (La lunga marcia)
- A White Dress for Marialé; aka Un bianco vestito per Marialé (also known as Spirits of Death) – 1972
- Heart (Cuore) – 1973
- Your Honor (Servo suo) – 1973
- The Savage Hunt (also known as Condor's Run) – 1980
- Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (also known as Nightmare – Blood Splash) – 1981
- Dog Tags – 1988
- Ustica: a thorn in the heart (Ustica. Una spina nel cuore) – 2001/2002/2003
- "Che" The Last Hours (Le ultime ore del Che) – 2003
- Apocalisse delle scimmie – A TRILOGY – 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008
- Two Families – 2007
- Two Days – 2012
as interviewed:
- Ban the Sadist Videos! – 2005
- The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal – 2007
References
- IMDb. "Romano Scavolini". IMDb. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- di Marino, Bruno. "Le belle prove di Romano Scavolini – Il cinema Underground". Tiscalinet (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- "A-Z of Video Nasties". Hysteria Lives!. Retrieved 11 August 2019.