Fernando Di Leo

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Di Leo started his career mostly writing scripts for spaghetti westerns. He worked on the script for "Per un pugno di dollari" ("A Fistful of Dollars", 1964) and later as assistant director and assistant to Sergio Leone in "Per qualche dollaro in più" ("For a Few Dollars More", 1965). [cite web | title=Di Leo Retrospective | work=24th Cambridge Film Festival | url=http://2004.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/cgi-bin/film-view.cgi?filmid=112 | accessdate=2006-12-25] Later, he wrote scripts for such westerns as "Navajo Joe" (1966) and "Johnny Yuma" (1967). Di Leo is now best remembered for his "poliziotteschi" films, especially the "Milieu Trilogy", which he both wrote and directed. The trilogy contains "Milano calibro 9" (1972), "La mala ordina" ("Manhunt", 1972) and "Il boss" ("The Boss", 1973).

Filmography as director

*"Gli eroi di ieri... oggi... e domani" (1964)
*"Rose rosse per il fuehrer" ("Red Roses for the Fuhrer", 1968)
*"I ragazzi del massacro" ("Naked Violence", 1969)
*"Brucia, ragazzo, brucia" ("A Woman on Fire", 1969)
*"Amarsi male" ("A Wrong Way to Love", 1969)
*"La bestia uccide a sangue freddo" ("Slaughter Hotel", also known as "The Beast Kills in Cold Blood", 1971)
*"Milano calibro 9" ("Caliber 9", 1972)
*"La mala ordina" ("Manhunt", 1972)
*"Il boss" ("The Boss", 1973)
*"La seduzione" ("Seduction", 1973)
*"Il poliziotto è marcio" ("Shoot First, Die Later", 1974)
*"Colpo in canna" ("Loaded Guns", 1975)
*"" ("Kidnap Syndicate", 1975)
*"Gli amici di Nick Hezard" ("Nick the Sting", 1976)
*"I padroni della città" ("Rulers of the City", also known as "Mister Scarface", 1976)
*"Diamanti sporchi di sangue" ("Blood and Diamonds", 1977)
*"Avere vent'anni" ("To Be Twenty", 1978)
*"Vacanze per un massacro" ("Madness", 1980)
*"Razza violenta" ("The Violent Breed", 1984)
*"Killer Contro Killers" ("Killer Vs Killers", 1985)

References

External links

* [http://www.fernandodileo.it/ Official website]
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