Ottavio Alessi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1919 Cammarata, Italy |
| Died | 28 April 1978 (aged 59) |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter Director |
Ottavio Alessi (1 January 1919 - 28 April 1978) was an Italian screenwriter, producer and film director.
Life and career
Born in Cammarata, Province of Agrigento, Alessi entered the film industry in 1940 as an assistant director.[1] In 1945 he started an intense career as a screenwriter, alternating between genre films and art films and collaborating with Pietro Germi, Franco Rossi, Folco Quilici and Luciano Salce, among others. He also directed two films in the 1960s.[1]
Selected filmography
- Director and screenwriter
- What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? (1964) (a parody of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?).
- Top Sensation (1969)
- Screenwriter
- The Testimony (1946)
- Amici per la pelle (1955)
- A Woman Alone (1956)
- Juke box urli d'amore (1959)
- Wild Cats on the Beach (1959)
- The Mongols (1961)
- Charge of the Black Lancers (1962)
- La ragazzola (1965)
- Bali (1970)
- Emanuelle in Bangkok (1976)
- La Bidonata (1977)
- Emanuelle in America (1977)
- The Precarious Bank Teller (1980)
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