Bruno Mattei

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30 de julho de 1931 — 21 de maio de 2007 (75 anos)
Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor who directed exploitation films in many genres, including women in prison, nunsploitation, zombie, mondo, cannibal, and Nazisploitation films. Born in 1931, Bruno Mattei grew up in Rome, Italy, where his father owned a small film editing studio. Mattei made his debut as a director with the drama Armida, il dramma di una sposa(1970) under the alias "Jordon B. Matthews". He eventually had more pseudonyms than any working director in the world. He returned to editing before making another comeback in 1976 with two low-budget Nazi exploitation films, Women's Camp 119 (1977) (aka "Women's Camp 119") and Casa privata per le SS (1977) (aka "SS Girls"). Mattei followed these taboo-breaking films with excursions into porno films and mondo "shockumentaries", all directed under his many pseudonyms, concentrating on "shock value" with films such as Mondo erotico (1973), "Libiodomania" and "Libidomania 2". Always on the lookout for new exploitation avenues, Mattei followed with "nunsploitation", with the softcore sex film La vera storia della monaca di Monza (1980) and the violent sex thriller The Other Hell (1981). Both films involved a partnership with writer/director Claudio Fragasso, who helped him write and direct the back-to-back productions. Using yet another alias, "Vincent Dawn", Mattei directed Hell of the Living Dead (1980) (aka "Hell of the Living Dead"), a low-budged zombie picture inspired by other zombie cannibal movies such as Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2 (1979). "Virus" was filmed in Spain and used jungle footage from New Guinea and a patch soundtrack from Goblins "Dawn of the Dead" soundtrack, which was a minor hit in Italy and abroad. After directing two women's prison films starring Laura Gemser, Mattei moved to directing sword-and-sorcery flicks, starting with I sette magnifici gladiatori (1983). Both Mattei and Fragasso collaborated on the sci-fi/horror flick Rats - Notte di terrore (1984), inspired by the futuristic movies of the early 1980s. Mattei considers this his best work, despite his still having to work with a very low budget. He worked relentlessly through the 1980s, directing a pair of "spaghetti westerns", some action flicks and about half of Zombi 3 (1988) after Lucio Fulci was taken off the production, though Mattei was not credited with it. In the early 1990s Mattei directed a series of erotic thrillers and a made-for-TV movie, Cruel Jaws (1995) (TV), which was inspired by Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). Mattei continued making films, with more than 50 to his credit by the 200s. In early 2007 his health becan to decline rapidly after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Despite his doctor's warnings, he went through with a surgical operation to have the tumor removed in May of that year. After the surgery he fell into a coma from complications, and died a few days later on May 21, 2007 at age 75.

Filmes e Séries no Plex

  • Os Predadores da Noite
    Os Predadores da Noite1980
  • Drácula - O Príncipe das Trevas
    Drácula - O Príncipe das Trevas1970
  • Rats - Notte di terrore
    Rats - Notte di terrore1984
  • Cruel Jaws
    Cruel Jaws1995
  • Robowar - A Máquina da Morte
    Robowar - A Máquina da Morte1988
  • Night Killer
    Night Killer1990
  • The French Sex Murders
    The French Sex Murders1972
  • Eva Negra
    Eva Negra1976
  • Alvo Duplo
    Alvo Duplo1987
  • Apache Branco
    Apache Branco1987
  • Matem Johnny Ringo
    Matem Johnny Ringo1966

Conhecido Por

  • Os Predadores da Noite
    Os Predadores da Noite1980
  • Rats - Notte di terrore
    Rats - Notte di terrore1984
  • O Regresso do Exterminador
    O Regresso do Exterminador1989
  • Cruel Jaws
    Cruel Jaws1995
  • Zombi 3 - A Revolta dos Mortos-vivos
    Zombi 3 - A Revolta dos Mortos-vivos1988
  • Robowar - A Máquina da Morte
    Robowar - A Máquina da Morte1988
  • Women's Prison Massacre
    Women's Prison Massacre1983
  • Night Killer
    Night Killer1990
  • A Vingança do Comando
    A Vingança do Comando1987
  • The Other Hell
    The Other Hell1981
  • Escravas da Corrupção
    Escravas da Corrupção1982
  • 99 Women
    99 Women1969
  • Caligula and Messalina
    Caligula and Messalina1981
  • Casa privata per le SS
    Casa privata per le SS1977
  • Zombies: The Beginning
    Zombies: The Beginning2007
  • Resgate Impossível
    Resgate Impossível1988
  • Alvo Duplo
    Alvo Duplo1987
  • Women's Camp 119
    Women's Camp 1191977
  • The True Story of the Nun of Monza
    The True Story of the Nun of Monza1980
  • Island of the Living Dead
    Island of the Living Dead2007

Filmografia