Alberto De Martino
Alberto De Martino | |
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Born | (1929-06-12)12 June 1929 Rome, Italy |
Died | 2 June 2015(2015-06-02) (aged 85) Rome, Italy |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 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.[1] The Telegraph stated that his best known of these film was probably The Antichrist.[1] 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.[1]
Life and career
Alberto De Martino was born on 12 June 1929 in Rome.[1] De Martino was the son of a film make-up artist.[2] He started his career as a child actor.[2]
On attending University, De Martino studied law.[1] Martino returned to a career in cinema working as an editor, screenwriter and as an assistant director.[1] Martino stated he was encouraged to be a director by Federico Fellini for whom he supervised the dubbing for La Dolce Vita.[1] De Martino was also very active in the field of dubbing, and he was dubbing director for more than 1,500 films.[2]
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.[2][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.[2][3]
In 1980, De Martino nearly lost his home when his film The Pumaman failed at the box office.[1] Pumaman was followed by a few more films concluding his career with Miami Golem.[1]
He died in Rome on 2 June 2015 at the age of 85.[1][4][5]
Selected filmography
- Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) | |||
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Director | Screenwriter | Screen story writer | Other | ||||
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal | 1937 | Yes | Actor as "Son of Scipio" | [6] | |||
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete | 1960 | Yes | Assistant director | [7] | |||
The Invincible Gladiator | 1961 | Yes | Yes | Yes | producer | [8][9] | |
Gladiators 7 | 1962 | Yes | Yes | [10][11] | |||
Medusa Against the Son of Hercules | 1963 | Yes | Yes | [12][13] | |||
The Blancheville Monster | Yes | [14] | |||||
Gli invincibili sette [it] | Yes | Yes | Yes | [12][15] | |||
Gladiators Seven | 1964 | Yes | Yes | [16] | |||
The Triumph of Hercules | — | Yes | [17] | ||||
100.000 dollari per Ringo | 1965 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [18][19] | ||
Heroes of Fort Worth | — | Yes | [20] | ||||
The Spy with Ten Faces | 1966 | Yes | Yes | [21] | |||
Special Mission Lady Chaplin | Yes | [22][23] | |||||
Django Shoots First | Yes | [24][25] | |||||
Dirty Heroes | 1967 | Yes | Yes | [26] | |||
O.K. Connery | Yes | [27] | |||||
Roma come Chicago | 1968 | Yes | Yes | [28] | |||
Carnal Circuit | 1969 | Yes | Yes | [29][30] | |||
The Man with Icy Eyes | — | Yes | [31] | ||||
Crime Boss | 1972 | Yes | [32] | ||||
The Killer Is on the Phone | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | [33][34] | ||
Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? | — | Yes | [35] | ||||
Counselor at Crime | 1973 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [36] | ||
The Antichrist | 1974 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [37][38] | ||
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room | 1976 | Yes | [39] | ||||
Holocaust 2000 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | [40] | ||
The Pumaman | 1980 | Yes | Yes | [41][42] | |||
Blood Link | 1982 | Yes | Yes | [43][44][45] | |||
Formula for a Murder | 1985 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [46][47][44] | ||
Miami Golem | — | Yes | [48] |
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Alberto De Martino; Italian director whose films were unrepentantly brazen versions of better-known Hollywood hits". The Daily Telegraph. 9 June 2015. p. 27.
- ^ a b c d e Stefania Ulivi (3 June 2015). "Addio a De Martino, regista di culto amato da Tarantino". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ a b c Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.
- ^ "Addio a Alberto De Martino, regista culto tra peplum e horror". corriere. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Addio a De Martino, regista di culto amato da Tarantino". Corriere della Sera.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 46.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 120.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 100.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 101.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 65.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 67.
- ^ a b Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 115.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 116.
- ^ Curti 2015, p. 86.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 151.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 140.
- ^ "Il trionfo di Ercole (1964)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it.
- ^ "Sangre sobre Texas [100.000 dollari per Ringo] (1965)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it.
- ^ Hughes, Howard (2018). "Westerns, Italian Style: Once Upon a Timeline". The Complete Sartana (Booklet). Arrow Video. p. 34. FCD1762 / AV151.
- ^ "Gli eroi di Fort Worth (1964)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it.
- ^ "Der Mann mit den tausend Masken". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Missione speciale Lady Chaplin (1966)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Missione Speciale Lady Chaplin (1966)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Django spara per primo (1966)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it.
- ^ Hughes, Howard (2018). "Westerns, Italian Style: Once Upon a Timeline". The Complete Sartana (Booklet). Arrow Video. p. 37. FCD1762 / AV151.
- ^ "...und morgen fahrt ihr zur Hölle". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Operation Kid Brother". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 14.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). "Femmine insaziabili". Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
- ^ "Mord im schwarzen Cadillac". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "L'uomo dagli occhi di ghiaccio (1971)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 55.
- ^ Howarth 2015, p. 196.
- ^ "L'assassino... è al telefono (1972)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 79.
- ^ "L'anticristo (1974)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Antichrist (1974)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 196.
- ^ "Holocaust 2000". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 45, no. 528. London: British Film Institute. 1978. pp. 47–48.
- ^ Curti 2016, p. 160.
- ^ Curti 2016, p. 161.
- ^ Curti 2022, p. 376.
- ^ a b Curti 2022, p. 9.
- ^ Luther Smith 1999, p. 12.
- ^ "7, Hyden Park. La casa maledetta (1985)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ Curti 2022, p. 377.
- ^ "* * Mi ami Golem (1986)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
- Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476619897.
- Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
- Curti, Roberto (2022). Italian Giallo in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8248-8.
- Howarth, Troy (2015). So Deadly, So Perverse. Vol. 1. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168507.
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
- Luther Smith, Adrian (1999). Blood & Black Lace. Stray Cat Publishing. ISBN 0-9533261-1-X.
External links
- Alberto De Martino at IMDb
- Alberto De Martino at AllMovie
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- The Invincible Gladiator
- Terrible Sheriff
- The Blancheville Monster
- Gladiators Seven
- The Triumph of Hercules
- 100.000 dollari per Ringo
- Heroes of Fort Worth
- The Spy with Ten Faces
- Special Mission Lady Chaplin
- Django Shoots First
- Dirty Heroes
- O.K. Connery
- Roma come Chicago
- Carnal Circuit
- The Man with Icy Eyes
- Crime Boss
- The Killer Is on the Phone
- Counselor at Crime
- The Antichrist
- Strange Shadows in an Empty Room
- Holocaust 2000
- The Pumaman
- Blood Link
- Formula for a Murder