Person

Alberto De Martino

Directing · 1929–2015 · Roma

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 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. These films were specifically created films in Western, horror and mythology genres which were developed for the international market. The Telegraph stated that his best known of these film was probably The Antichrist. 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.

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  Duck, You Sucker

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  Django Shoots First

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  Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete

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  $100,000 for Ringo

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  Pumaman

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  The Antichrist

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  Operation Kid Brother

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  Excellent Cadavers

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  Dirty Heroes

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  Holocaust 2000

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• 2020Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-OffsHimself
• 2013I TarantinianiSelf
• 2006Sergio Leone: The Way I See ThingsSelf
• 1999Excellent CadaversSecond Unit Director
• 1987The OverthrowDialogue
• 1985Miami GolemDirector
• 1985Formula for a MurderDirector
• 1982Blood LinkDirector
• 1980PumamanDirector
• 1977Holocaust 2000Director
• 1976Shadows in an Empty RoomDirector
• 1974The AntichristDirector
• 1973Here We Go Again, Eh Providence?Director
• 1973Counselor at CrimeDirector
• 1972The Killer Is on the PhoneDirector
• 1972Crime BossDirector
• 1971Duck, You SuckerSecond Unit Director
• 1971The Man with Icy EyesDirector
• 1969Carnal CircuitDirector
• 1968Bandits in RomeDirector
• 1967Dirty HeroesDirector
• 1967Operation Kid BrotherDirector
• 1966Django Shoots FirstDirector
• 1966Special Mission Lady ChaplinDirector
• 1966The Spy with Ten FacesDirector
• 1965$100,000 for RingoDirector
• 1965Assault on Fort TexanScreenplay
• 1964The Revolt of the SevenWriter
• 1964Hercules vs. the Giant WarriorsDirector
• 1963The Secret SevenDirector
• 1963The Blancheville MonsterDirector
• 1963Son of Hercules vs. MedusaScreenplay
• 1962Two Against AllDirector
• 1962Gladiators 7Screenplay
• 1961The Invincible GladiatorDirector
• 1961AkikoFirst Assistant Director
• 1960Minotaur, the Wild Beast of CreteCo-Director
• 1959Mantelli e spade insanguinateWriter
• 1959Fantasmi e ladriFirst Assistant Director
• 1958Napoli sole mioFirst Assistant Director
• 1957Rascel-FifìFirst Assistant Director
• 1956Noi siamo le colonneFirst Assistant Director
• 1953Past LoversFirst Assistant Director
• 1941L'elisir d'amore
• 1937Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of HannibalIl figlio di Scipione (uncredited)