Romano Scavolini (born 18 June 1940) is an Italian film director and the younger brother of screenwriter Sauro Scavolini.
Career He has been directing since the 1960s. Most of his films are shot independently and with an experimental style. Following his return from Vietnam where he was a freelance photographer, director Romano Scavolini returned to his native Italy where he started his film career again as a genre filmmaker. His best-known horror films are Nightmare (1981), a gruesome horror film that was banned as a video nasty in the UK, and his 1972 A White Dress for Marialé.
Filmography The Devastated One (I devastati) – 1958/1959 Blind Fly (A mosca cieca) (Ricordati di Haron) – 1966 The Dress Rehearsal (La prova generale) – 1968 Entonce – 1969 (Lo stato d'assedio) (also known as State of Siege – Besieged) – 1969 The long march (La lunga marcia) A White Dress for Marialé; aka Un bianco vestito per Marialé (also known as Spirits of Death) – 1972 Heart (Cuore) – 1973 Your Honor (Servo suo) – 1973 The Savage Hunt (also known as Condor's Run) – 1980 Nightmare (1981 film) (also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain or Blood Splash) – 1981 Dog Tags – 1981 film) Ustica: a thorn in the heart (Ustica. Una spina nel cuore) – 2001/2002/2003 "Che" The Last Hours (Le ultime ore del Che) – 2003 Apocalisse delle scimmie – A TRILOGY – 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008 Two Families – 2007 Two Days – 2012
as interviewed: Ban the Sadist Videos! – 2005 The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal – 2007
References
External links
Official website