Directing · b. 1931 · Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy

Umberto Lenzi

Biography

Umberto Lenzi (August 6, 1931—October 19, 2017) was an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, Eurospy films, spaghetti westerns, Macaroni Combat movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries (in addition to writing many of the screenplays himself).

Directed
Mean Tricks 1992 Black Demons 1991 Detective Malone 1991 Hunt for the Golden Scorpion 1991 Cop Target 1990 Hitcher in the Dark 1989 The Hell's Gate 1989 The House of Lost Souls 1989 The House of Witchcraft 1989 Nightmare Beach 1989 Ghosthouse 1988 Wartime 1987 Bridge to Hell 1986 Wild Team 1985 Ironmaster 1983 Daughter of the Jungle 1982 Pierino the Pest to the Rescue 1982 Fatty Girl Goes to New York 1982 Cannibal Ferox 1981 Eaten Alive! 1980 Nightmare City 1980 From Hell to Victory 1979 From Corleone to Brooklyn 1979 Scusi, lei è normale? 1979 The Biggest Battle 1978 Brothers Till We Die 1977 The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist 1977 Rome, Armed to the Teeth 1976 Free Hand for a Tough Cop 1976 Violent Naples 1976 Eyeball 1975 Syndicate Sadists 1975 Manhunt in the City 1975 Almost Human 1974 Spasmo 1974 Gang War in Milan 1973 Knife of Ice 1972 Man from Deep River 1972 Seven Blood-Stained Orchids 1972 Oasis of Fear 1971 A Quiet Place to Kill 1970 Paranoia 1969 So Sweet... So Perverse 1969 Battle of the Commandos 1969 Go For Broke 1968 A Gun for One Hundred Graves 1968 Desert Commandos 1967 Kriminal 1966 The Spy Who Loved Flowers 1966 A Million Dollars for 7 Murders 1966 Temple of a Thousand Lights 1965 SuperSeven Calling Cairo 1965 008: Operation Exterminate 1965 Temple of the White Elephant 1964 The Pirates of Malaysia 1964 Messalina Against the Son of Hercules 1964 Three Sergeants of Bengal 1964 Sandokan the Great 1963 Samson and the Slave Queen 1963 Catherine of Russia 1963 The Invincible Masked Rider 1963 Duel of Fire 1962 The Triumph of Robin Hood 1962 The Adventures of Mary Read 1961 An Italian in Greece 1958
Acting
Deodato vs Lenzi self 2024 All the Colors of Giallo Self - Director (archive footage) 2019 All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan Himself 2018 Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost Human Himself 2017 Mondo Cannibale 2016 Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies 2016 Armed to the Teeth... Again 2016 Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo Self 2016 Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film 2015 I Tarantiniani Self 2013 German Grusel Self 2012 Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 Self 2008 Like a Beast... Almost Himself 2005 Italian Kings Of B Self 2003 Love and Chatter 1958
Other Credits
Primal Rage Writer 1988 Striker Writer 1988 Death Rage Producer 1976 The Killer Must Kill Again Producer 1975 Tarzan in the Golden Grotto Screenplay 1969 Son of Black Eagle Story 1968 Slave Girls of Sheba Screenplay 1963 I Kiss... You Kiss First Assistant Director 1961 Guns of the Black Witch First Assistant Director 1961 Constantine and the Cross First Assistant Director 1961
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