Romano Scavolini

Romano Scavolini (born 18 June 1940) is an Italian film director and the younger brother of screenwriter Sauro Scavolini.

Romano Scavolini
Born (1940-06-18) 18 June 1940[1]
Rijeka, Croatia
NationalityItalian
OccupationFilm director, film producer, scriptwriter, cinematographer
Years active1958–present
Notable work
Nightmare, A White Dress for Marialé

Career

He has been directing since the 1960s. Most of his films are shot independently and with an experimental style.[2] His best known film is Nightmare (1981), a gruesome horror film that was banned as a video nasty in the UK.[3]

Filmography
  • The Devastated One (I devastati) – 1958/1959
  • Blind Fly (A mosca cieca) (Ricordati di Haron) – 1966
  • The Dress Rehearsal (La prova generale) – 1968
  • Entonce – 1969
  • L'amore breve (Lo stato d'assedio) (also known as State of Siege – Besieged) – 1969
  • The long march (La lunga marcia)
  • A White Dress for Marialé; aka Un bianco vestito per Marialé (also known as Spirits of Death) – 1972
  • Heart (Cuore) – 1973
  • Your Honor (Servo suo) – 1973
  • The Savage Hunt (also known as Condor's Run) – 1980
  • Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (also known as Nightmare - Blood Splash – Skizo) – 1981
  • Dog Tags – 1988
  • Ustica: a thorn in the heart (Ustica. Una spina nel cuore) – 2001/2002/2003
  • "Che" The Last Hours (Le ultime ore del Che) – 2003
  • Apocalisse delle scimmie – A TRILOGY – 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008
  • Two Families – 2007
  • Two Days – 2012

as interviewed:

References
  1. IMDb. "Romano Scavolini". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  2. di Marino, Bruno. "Le belle prove di Romano Scavolini – Il cinema Underground". Tiscalinet (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. "A-Z of Video Nasties". Hysteria Lives!. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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