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Antonio Margheriti

Antonio Margheriti

Director · Born 1930-09-19 · Rome, Italy

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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died in 2002 from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72. Margheriti started out in the Italian film industry in 1956 as a screenwriter. He started directing in 1960, his first film being "Spacemen" (aka "Assignment Outer Space"). Margheriti is known for his science fiction, horror, spaghetti western and action movies. He was the director of such cult movies as Cannibal Apocalypse, Castle of Blood, The Virgin of Nuremberg, Assignment Outer Space, Wild Wild Planet, Naked You Die, Mr. Super Invisible, The Last Hunter, Battle of the Worlds and numerous others. Most of his films were directed under the pseudonym of Anthony M. Dawson. He stopped using his real name in the USA early in his career, when he realized the English translation of the name "Antonio Margheriti" was "Anthony Daisies", and he thought it sounded too effeminate. He was the only Italian director who worked directly for American production companies like MGM, United Artists, 20th Centu…

Directed

  1. Castle of Blood (1964) — Director
  2. Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) — Director
  3. The Long Hair of Death (1964) — Director
  4. Killer Fish (1979) — Director
  5. Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye (1973) — Director
  6. And God Said to Cain (1970) — Director
  7. Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983) — Director
  8. Take a Hard Ride (1975) — Director
  9. Horror Castle (1963) — Director
  10. Treasure Island (1972) — Director
  11. Naked You Die (1968) — Director
  12. Web of the Spider (1971) — Director
  13. The Last Hunter (1980) — Director
  14. Alien from the Deep (1989) — Director
  15. Assignment: Outer Space (1960) — Director
  16. Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) — Director
  17. The Wild, Wild Planet (1966) — Director
  18. The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974) — Director
  19. Death Rage (1976) — Director
  20. War Between the Planets (1966) — Director
  21. Battle of the Worlds (1961) — Director
  22. The Unnaturals (1969) — Director
  23. Snow Devils (1967) — Director
  24. The Commander (1988) — Director
  25. Commando Leopard (1985) — Director
  26. The Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982) — Director
  27. Virtual Weapon (1997) — Director
  28. Vengeance (1968) — Director
  29. War of the Planets (1966) — Director
  30. Lightning Bolt (1966) — Director
  31. The Ark of the Sun God (1984) — Director
  32. The Slave Merchants (1964) — Director
  33. The Last Blood (1983) — Director
  34. Dynamite Joe (1967) — Director
  35. 1001 Nights of Pleasure (1972) — Director
  36. Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964) — Director
  37. The Golden Arrow (1962) — Director
  38. Giants of Rome (1964) — Director
  39. Car Crash (1981) — Director
  40. Indio (1989) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Car Crash (1981) — Racing Official (uncredited)
  2. The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti (2013) — Self (archive footage)
  3. Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co (2000) — Self
  4. Italian Kings Of B (2003) — Self
  5. Incontro con Antonio Margheriti (1999)
  6. 'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux (2002) — Inspector (uncredited)