Piero Regnoli

Piero Regnoli
Born1921
Died2001 (aged 79–80)
Rome, Italy
Other namesDean Craig[1]
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director
Years active1953–1994

Piero Regnoli (1921–2001) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.

Career

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Born in 1921, Regnoli worked in the film industry between 1953 and 1991 where he wrote over 110 screenplays and directed 11 films.[2][3] Regnoli's work ranged from sword-and-sandal films, westerns, horror and sexy comedies.[2] His final film where he was officially credited as a director was La principessa sul pisello in 1976.[4] Regnoli did uncredited direction on the 1986 melodrama Giuro che ti amo starring Nino D'Angelo.[4]

Regnoli was also employed as the film critic for the Vatican's daily newspaper L'Osservatore Romano.[2] Regnoli died in 2001.[2]

Style

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Piero Regnoli's work as writer often dealt with themes of eroticism, such as in Brunello Rondi's Tecnica di un amore (1973), Roberto Bianchi Montero's Caligula's Hot Nights (1977) and Mario Bianchi's Satan's Baby Doll (1983).[3][5] When Regnoli worked as a director, his work still contained these themes but was often toned down.[3]

Selected filmography

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Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Director Screenplay Story Other
It's Never Too Late 1953 Yes [6]
I Vampiri 1957 Yes Yes Yes Acting role as Mr. Bourgeois; Assistant director [7]
Anche l'inferno trema — Yes [8]
The Playgirls and the Vampire 1960 Yes Yes Yes [9]
I'll See You in Hell — Yes Yes [10]
Caribbean Hawk 1962 Yes Yes [11]
The Defeat of the Barbarians Yes [12]
Maciste in King Solomon's Mines 1964 Yes Yes [13][14]
The Third Eye 1966 Yes [1]
The Hills Run Red Yes Yes [15][16]
Navajo Joe Yes [17]
The Seven Red Berets 1969 Yes [18]
Gangster's Law 1969 Yes [19]
Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman 1971 Yes [20]
And They Smelled the Strange, Exciting, Dangerous Scent of Dollars 1973 Yes [21]
White Fang Yes [22][23]
Cry of a Prostitute 1974 Yes [24]
A Black Ribbon for Deborah 1974 Yes Yes [25]
Season for Assassins 1975 Yes Yes [26]
La principessa sul pisello 1976 Yes Yes Yes [27][4]
Honor and "Guapparia" 1977 Yes [28]
Malabimba – The Malicious Whore 1978 Yes [29]
Naples ... the Camorra Defies, the City Replies 1979 Yes [30]
The New Godfathers 1979 Yes [31][32]
Your Life for My Son 1980 Yes [33]
Nightmare City — Yes [34]
Patrick Still Lives — Yes [35]
Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror — Yes [36][37]
The Sword of the Barbarians 1982 Yes [38]
Gunan, King of the Barbarians Yes Yes [39]
Satan's Baby Doll 1983 Yes [5]
The Bronx Executioner — Yes [40]
Demonia — Yes [41]
Voices from Beyond — Yes [22]
The Smile of the Fox — Yes [42]
Hot Laps — Yes [43]
La ragazza di cortina — Yes [44]

References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Curti 2015, p. 168.
  2. ^ a b c d Curti 2015, p. 57.
  3. ^ a b c Curti 2016, p. 150.
  4. ^ a b c Curti 2016, p. 151.
  5. ^ a b Curti 2019, p. 111.
  6. ^ Glavin 2003, p. 208.
  7. ^ Curti 2015, p. 21.
  8. ^ "Anche l'inferno trema (1958)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  9. ^ Curti 2015, p. 56.
  10. ^ Paul 2004, p. 313.
  11. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 33.
  12. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 46.
  13. ^ Paul 2004, p. 312.
  14. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 146.
  15. ^ Hughes 2006, p. 70.
  16. ^ Hughes 2006, p. 78.
  17. ^ Hilger 2015, p. 234.
  18. ^ "Sette baschi rossi (1969)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  19. ^ Curti 2013, p. 28.
  20. ^ "Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015.
  21. ^ Pitts 2012, p. 91.
  22. ^ a b Paul 2004, p. 141.
  23. ^ Pitts 2012, p. 395.
  24. ^ Curti 2013, p. 109.
  25. ^ Curti 2017, p. 119.
  26. ^ Curti 2013, p. 148.
  27. ^ Curti 2016, p. 149.
  28. ^ Curti 2013, p. 227.
  29. ^ Curti 2017, p. 208.
  30. ^ Curti 2013, p. 265.
  31. ^ Curti 2013, p. 266.
  32. ^ Curti 2013, p. 267.
  33. ^ Curti 2013, p. 279.
  34. ^ Paul 2004, p. 154.
  35. ^ Paul 2004, p. 292.
  36. ^ Paul 2004, p. 243.
  37. ^ Kay 2008, p. 118.
  38. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 198.
  39. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 201.
  40. ^ "Il giustiziere del bronx (1989)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  41. ^ Paul 2004, p. 136.
  42. ^ Paul 2004, p. 298.
  43. ^ Paul 2004, p. 242.
  44. ^ "La ragazza di cortina (1994)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

Sources

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  • 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 (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
  • Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1989-7.
  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
  • Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434.
  • Glavin, John (2003). Dickens on Screen. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521001242.
  • Hughes, Howard (2006). Once Upon a Time in the Italian West. I B Tauris. ISBN 0857730452.
  • Kay, Glenn (2008). Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1569766835.
  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
  • Paul, Louis (2004). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8749-3.
  • Pitts, Michael R. (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films (2 ed.). McFarland. ISBN 978-0786463725.
  • Hilger, Michael (2015). Native Americans in the Movies: Portrayals from Silent Films to the Present (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1442240025.
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