Fernando Di Leo

Biography

Fernando Di Leo (11 January 1932 – 2 December 2003) was an Italian film director and script writer. He made 17 films as a director and about 50 scripts from 1964 to 1985. Fernando Di Leo was born on 11 January 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia. After briefly working in Rome's film school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, di Leo made his debut as a director as part of the omnibus comedy "Gli eroi di ieri, oggi, domani" with his episode titled "Un posto in paradiso" (transl. "A Place in Heaven"). Following this Di Leo wrote several scripts for Westerns, often uncredited. This included work on "A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More". Some of his Westerns had uncredited literary sources, such as "Days of Vengeance" which is loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo". Di Leo was a fan of film noir and wanted to make an Italian version of these films. Among his first efforts was the script for Mino Guerrini's "Date for a Murder" based on Franco Enna's novel "Tempo di massacro", written in 1955. In Di Leo's version, the setting is moved to a contemporary Rome and has elements of contemporary spy films. Di Leo worked with Guerrini again on the film "Gangst…

Directed

1. Caliber 9 (1972) — Director
2. The Italian Connection (1972) — Director
3. To Be Twenty (1978) — Director
4. The Boss (1973) — Director
5. Slaughter Hotel (1971) — Director
6. Rulers of the City (1976) — Director
7. Naked Violence (1969) — Director
8. Shoot First, Die Later (1974) — Director
9. Madness (1980) — Director
10. Kidnap Syndicate (1975) — Director
11. Loaded Guns (1975) — Director
12. Seduction (1973) — Director
13. Blood and Diamonds (1978) — Director
14. Nick the Sting (1976) — Director
15. Loving Badly (1969) — Director
16. A Woman on Fire (1969) — Director
17. Italian Sex (1974) — Director
18. The Violent Breed (1984) — Director
19. Killer vs Killers (1985) — Director
20. Red Roses for the Fuhrer (1968) — Director
21. Poor Love (1982) — Director

Also appeared in

1. For a Few Dollars More (1965) — Cigar Smoking Card Player (uncredited)
2. The Return of Ringo (1965) — Fuentes Henchman
3. To Be Twenty (1978) — Man Giving Directions
4. The Boss (1973) — Cocchi's Enforcer (uncredited)
5. Alejandra, mon amour (1979)
6. Nick the Sting (1976) — Film Director in Front of Police Station (uncredited)
7. Loving Badly (1969) — Man at House of Prostitution
8. Italian Sex (1974) — giornalista TV (uncredited)
9. Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema (2001) — Self - Filmmaker
10. Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008) — Self
11. Perros de la noche (1986)
12. Fernando di Leo: La morale del genere (2004) — Self
13. Caliber 9: Documentary (2004) — Self
14. The Origin of the Mala (2004) — Himself
15. I Tarantiniani (2013) — Self