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Marino Girolami

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor, Additional Credits
Born February 1, 1914Died 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Zombie Holocaust

Known For

  • Zombie Holocaust
  • Violent Rome
  • Pierino contro tutti
  • Sotto il sole di Roma
  • Payment in Blood
  • Pierino Strikes Again
  • God Was in the West, Too, at One Time
  • Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice?
  • Rome: The Other Side of Violence
  • Giggi il bullo
  • Reverend's Colt
  • Kakkientruppen
  • A Few Dollars for Django
  • Le motorizzate
  • 4 Crazy Draftees at the Army
  • 2 RRRingos no Texas
  • Fury of Achilles
  • One by One
  • Miss Italia
  • Escape in France
  • The Feast of Satan

Marino Girolami Filmography

1942
1942
Giarabub · as Cast
1941
1941
The Last Fight · as Cast

1987
Delirium · as Production Secretary
1979
1977
Kakkientruppen · as Director Of Photography
1975
Tesekkür Ederim Büyükanne · as Original Screenplay "grazie... Nonna"
1973
1971
The Feast of Satan · as Production Manager
1970
1968
1968
1967
1967
1967
Payment in Blood · as Story
1964
Badmen of the West · as Story
1963
Le motorizzate · as Story
1961
1960
Caccia al marito · as Story
1953
Poppy · as Co-Director
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

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