Marino Girolami
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor
February 1, 1914 — February 20, 1994 (80 years)
Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor.
Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of Campo de'fiori which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi. The story was re-written by Girolami and Federico Fellini and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz. In 1949 he debuted as a director with La strada buia, a variation on the film Fugitive Lady. He pursued his career as film director with several musical comedies and melodramas.
Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Girolami as one of Italy's most prolific genre directors, directing 78 films in three decades. Girolami worked in several genres and trends such as the Western with Between God, the Devil and a Winchester, the crime film (Violent Rome) and horror with Zombie Holocaust. Girolami also made hardcore pornography such as Sesso profondo.
Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of Campo de'fiori which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi. The story was re-written by Girolami and Federico Fellini and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz. In 1949 he debuted as a director with La strada buia, a variation on the film Fugitive Lady. He pursued his career as film director with several musical comedies and melodramas.
Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Girolami as one of Italy's most prolific genre directors, directing 78 films in three decades. Girolami worked in several genres and trends such as the Western with Between God, the Devil and a Winchester, the crime film (Violent Rome) and horror with Zombie Holocaust. Girolami also made hardcore pornography such as Sesso profondo.
Known For
Filmography
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| 1982 | Giggi il bullo · as Screenplay |
| 1982 | Pierino Strikes Again · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | Pierino contro tutti · as Screenplay |
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| 1970 | Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione · as Screenplay |
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| 1969 | I 2 magnifici fresconi · as Screenplay |
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| 1967 | Il lungo, il corto, il gatto · as Screenplay |
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| 1960 | My Friend, Dr. Jekyll · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | Quanto sei bella Roma · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | C'è un sentiero nel cielo · as Screenplay |
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| 1942 | Violette nei capelli · as Cast |
| 1942 | Giarabub · as Cast |
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| 1987 | Delirium: Photo of Gioia · as Production SecretaryOn Plex |
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| 1977 | Kakkientruppen · as Director Of Photography |
| 1975 | Tesekkür Ederim Büyükanne · as Original Screenplay "grazie... Nonna" |
| 1973 | Maria Rosa la guardona · as Story |
| 1971 | The Feast of Satan · as Production Manager |
| 1968 | God Was in the West, Too, at One Time · as StoryOn Plex |
| 1968 | Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows · as Story |
| 1967 | 2 RRRingos no Texas · as Story |
| 1967 | Payment in Blood · as Story |
| 1964 | Badmen of the West · as Story |
| 1963 | Le motorizzate · as Story |
| 1961 | Walter e i suoi cugini · as Story |
| 1960 | Caccia al marito · as Story |
| 1951 | Era lui, sì, sì! · as Co-Director |
| 1951 | Il mago per forza · as Co-Director |
| 1951 | Sette ore di guai · as Co-Director |
| 1950 | The Thief of Venice · as Assistant Director |
| 1950 | The Taming of Dorothy · as First Assistant Director |
| 1950 | I'm in the Revue · as Assistant Director |
| 1950 | Miss Italia · as First Assistant Director |
| 1948 | Sotto il sole di Roma · as First Assistant Director |
| 1948 | Escape in France · as Second Assistant Director |
| 1946 | Eugenie Grandet · as Assistant Director |
| 1945 | Le miserie del signor Travet · as First Assistant Director |
| 1945 | In High Places · as Assistant Director |
| 1943 | The Peddler and the Lady · as Story |