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Alberto De Martino

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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 he 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 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 the 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 Template:Abbr
Director Screenwriter Screen story writer Other
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal 1937 Template:Yes Actor as "Son of Scipio" Template:Sfn
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete 1960 Template:Yes Assistant director Template:Sfn
Template:Sort 1961 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes producer Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Gladiators 7 1962 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Medusa Against the Son of Hercules 1963 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Template:Sort Template:Yes Template:Sfn
Template:Interlanguage link multi Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Gladiators Seven 1964 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Sfn
Template:Sort Template:N/a Template:Yes [6]
100.000 dollari per Ringo 1965 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes [7][8]
Heroes of Fort Worth Template:N/a Template:Yes [9]
Template:Sort 1966 Template:Yes Template:Yes [10]
Special Mission Lady Chaplin Template:Yes [11][12]
Django Shoots First Template:Yes [13][14]
Dirty Heroes 1967 Template:Yes Template:Yes [15]
O.K. Connery Template:Yes [16]
Bandits in Rome 1968 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Sfn
Carnal Circuit 1969 Template:Yes Template:Yes [17][18]
Template:Sort Template:N/a Template:Yes [19]
Crime Boss 1972 Template:Yes Template:Sfn
Template:Sort Template:N/a Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Sfn[20]
Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? Template:N/a Template:Yes [21]
Counselor at Crime 1973 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Sfn
Template:Sort 1974 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes [22][23]
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room 1976 Template:Yes Template:Sfn
Holocaust 2000 Template:N/a Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes [24]
Template:Sort 1980 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Blood Link 1982 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Formula for a Murder 1985 Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes [25]Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Miami Golem Template:N/a Template:Yes [26]

References

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External links

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