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Alberto De Martino
Birth Date:12 June 1929
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter
Yearsactive:1959–1985

Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929  - 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervisor. De Martino's films as a director specialised in well-crafted knock-offs of Hollywood hit films.[1] These films were specifically created films in Western, horror and mythology genres which were developed for the international market. The Telegraph stated that his best known of these film was probably The Antichrist. The Antichrist capitalized on the box-office appeal of The Exorcist (1973) and in its first week in the United States earned a greater box office than Jaws.

Life and career

Alberto De Martino was born on 12 June 1929 in Rome. De Martino was the son of a film make-up artist.[2] He started his career as a child actor.

On attending University, De Martino studied law. Martino returned to a career in cinema working as an editor, screenwriter and as an assistant director. Martino stated he was encouraged to be a director by Federico Fellini for whom he supervised the dubbing for La Dolce Vita. De Martino was also very active in the field of dubbing, and he was dubbing director for more than 1,500 films.

De Martino was one of the active directors in the Italian genre cinema between 1960s and mid-1980s; his films spanned different genres, including Spaghetti Western, poliziotteschi, Peplum films and horror.[3] A real life friend of Sergio Leone, he was second unit director in Duck, You Sucker![3] He was often credited as Martin Herbert.[3]

In 1980, De Martino nearly lost his home when his film The Pumaman failed at the box office. Pumaman was followed by a few more films concluding his career with Miami Golem.

He died in Rome on 2 June 2015 at the age of 85.[4] [5]

Selected filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.

Title YearCredited as Notes
width=6% Director!width=6% Screenwriter!width=6% Screen story writer!width=6% Other
1937Actor as "Son of Scipio"
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete1960Assistant director
1961producer
Gladiators 71962
Medusa Against the Son of Hercules1963
Gladiators Seven1964
[6]
100.000 dollari per Ringo1965[7] [8]
Heroes of Fort Worth[9]
1966[10]
Special Mission Lady Chaplin[11] [12]
Django Shoots First[13] [14]
Dirty Heroes1967[15]
O.K. Connery[16]
Roma come Chicago1968
Carnal Circuit1969[17] [18]
[19]
Crime Boss1972
[20]
Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?[21]
Counselor at Crime1973
1974[22] [23]
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room1976
Holocaust 2000[24]
1980
Blood Link1982
Formula for a Murder1985[25]
Miami Golem[26]

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. News: Alberto De Martino; Italian director whose films were unrepentantly brazen versions of better-known Hollywood hits. 27. 9 June 2015. The Daily Telegraph.
  2. Web site: Stefania Ulivi. Addio a De Martino, regista di culto amato da Tarantino. Corriere della Sera. 3 June 2015. 8 June 2015.
  3. Book: Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. 2007. Mondadori, 2007. 978-8804572770.
  4. Web site: Addio a Alberto De Martino, regista culto tra peplum e horror . 2 June 2015 . corriere.
  5. Web site: Addio a De Martino, regista di culto amato da Tarantino. Corriere della Sera.
  6. Web site: Il trionfo di Ercole (1964). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Italian.
  7. Web site: Sangre sobre Texas [100.000 dollari per Ringo] (1965)]. Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Italian.
  8. The Complete Sartana. 2018. Westerns, Italian Style: Once Upon a Timeline. Hughes. Howard. 34. Booklet. Arrow Video. FCD1762 / AV151.
  9. Web site: Gli eroi di Fort Worth (1964). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Italian.
  10. Web site: Der Mann mit den tausend Masken. Filmportal.de. 1 May 2016.
  11. Web site: Missione speciale Lady Chaplin (1966). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.com. 10 July 2018.
  12. Web site: Missione Speciale Lady Chaplin (1966). https://web.archive.org/web/20121009070649/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/missione-speciale-lady-chaplin-v139060. 9 October 2012. 10 July 2018. AllMovie. live.
  13. Web site: Django spara per primo (1966). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Italian.
  14. The Complete Sartana. 2018. Westerns, Italian Style: Once Upon a Timeline. Hughes. Howard. 37. Booklet. Arrow Video. FCD1762 / AV151.
  15. Web site: ...und morgen fahrt ihr zur Hölle. Filmportal.de. 9 July 2018.
  16. Web site: Operation Kid Brother. American Film Institute. 25 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140403041621/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=18952. 3 April 2014.
  17. Book: Roberto Chiti . Roberto Poppi . Enrico Lancia . Mario Pecorari . Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. 8876055932. Femmine insaziabili. 1991 .
  18. Web site: Mord im schwarzen Cadillac. Filmportal.de. 11 October 2016.
  19. Web site: L'uomo dagli occhi di ghiaccio (1971). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 10 July 2018. Italian.
  20. Web site: L'assassino... è al telefono (1972). Archvio del cinema italiano. 1 June 2018. Italian.
  21. Web site: Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?. Archvio del cinema italiano. 1 June 2018. Italian.
  22. Web site: L'anticristo (1974). Archvio del cinema italiano. 1 June 2018. Italian.
  23. Web site: Antichrist (1974). https://web.archive.org/web/20131128161922/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/antichrist-v49003. 28 November 2013. Robert. Firsching. AllMovie. 10 July 2018. live.
  24. Monthly Film Bulletin. Holocaust 2000. 45. 528. 47–48. 1978. British Film Institute. London.
  25. Web site: 7, Hyden Park. La casa maledetta (1985). Archvio del cinema italiano. 1 June 2018. Italian.
  26. Web site:
    • * Mi ami Golem (1986)
    . Archvio del cinema italiano. 1 June 2018. Italian.

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