Riccardo Freda
Director, Writer, Actor, Editor, Producer
February 24, 1909 — December 20, 1999 (90 years)
Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films.
Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production.
Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic.
Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. Freda began directing I Vampiri. I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920) Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film Black Sunday was released internationally.
Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production.
Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic.
Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. Freda began directing I Vampiri. I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920) Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film Black Sunday was released internationally.
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| 1981 | Murder Syndrome · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | Double Face · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | Death at Owell Rock · as Screenplay |
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| 1964 | Romeo and Juliet · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | The GhostOn Plex |
| 1960 | The Giants of Thessaly · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 1957 | Agguato a Tangeri · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | Lust of the Vampire · as Screenplay |
| 1953 | Spartaco · as Screenplay |
| 1951 | Double Cross · as Screenplay |
| 1950 | Il figlio di d'Artagnan · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | The Mysterious Rider · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | Tempesta su Parigi · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | Les Misérables · as Screenplay |
| 1946 | Return of the Black Eagle · as Screenplay |
| 1942 | Don Cesare di Bazan · as Screenplay |
| 1941 | The Adventuress from the Floor Above · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | Once Around the Park · as Ricardo, Le Réalisateur |
| 1957 | Lust of the Vampire · as Il Dottore (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Sundown · as Pilot (uncredited) |
| 1995 | A Family Divided · as Set Decorator |
| 1994 | For the Love of Nancy · as Set Decoration |
| 1994 | Revenge of the Musketeers · as Original Story |
| 1994 | My Name Is Kate · as Set Decoration |
| 1962 | Alone Against Rome · as Second Unit Director |
| 1959 | Sign of the Gladiator · as Second Unit Director |
| 1956 | Castle of the Banned Lovers · as Story |
| 1954 | Theodora, Slave Empress · as Art Director |
| 1954 | Theodora, Slave Empress · as Story |
| 1951 | Revenge of Black Eagle · as Written By |