| Filippo Ottoni | |
| Birth Date: | 1938 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Cellere, Italy |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Occupation: | Film director Screenwriter Dubbing director |
| Education: | London Film School |
Filippo Ottoni (17 May 1938 – 7 May 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and dubbing director.
Born in Cellere on 17 May 1938, Ottoni graduated from London Film School and began directing documentaries for the BBC.[1] He began his career in cinema at the end of the 1960s as an assistant to Romolo Guerrieri and Mario Bava.[2] He made his directing debut with the 1971 film . He also directed Detective School Dropouts, which became popular in the United States. Additionally, he directed the dubbing of numerous films in foreign languages into Italian.[3] He served as president of the Associazione Italiana Dialoghisti Cinematografici Adattatori.
Ottoni died in Rome on 7 May 2023, ten days before his 85th birthday.[4]