Demofilo Fidani
Born: 1914-02-08 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Died: 1994-01-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
Demofilo Fidani (born 8 February 1914 on a steamship bound for Cagliari; died 4 April 1994) was an Italian film director (24 films), set designer (more than 200 films), painter, and a regarded medium and author. As director, Fidani specialized in spaghetti westerns and used many different pseudonyms including Miles Deem, Lucky Dickinson, Alex Demos, and Danilo Dani. Many of his films were westerns, in which he used the names of well-known characters such as Butch Cassidy, Macho Callahan, Django and Sartana, as well as titles that were variations of popular titles. Besides his westerns, he directed crime films, sex comedies, and, in 1972, a giallo called A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services. Fidani's regular actors included Jack Betts (also known as Hunt Powers), Gordon Mitchell, Jeff Cameron and Klaus Kinski.
Filmography
1976
- Language Teacher ... (Director)
- The French Governess ... (Director)
1975
- So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... ... (Art Direction)
- The Schoolgirl ... (Art Direction)
- Black Fury ... (Screenplay)
1973
- Anything for a Friend ... (Story)
- The Godfather's Advisor ... (Director)
1972
- A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services ... (Director)
- Karzan, Jungle Lord ... (Director)
1971
- Coffin Full of Dollars ... (Director)
- Adios Compañeros ... (Producer)
- Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death ... (Art Direction)
- Savage Guns ... (Director)
- Down with Your Hands... You Scum! ... (Director)
- His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria ... (Director)
1970
- Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End ... (Director)
- Dead Men Don't Make Shadows ... (Director)
- One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! ... (Director)
1969
- Four Came to Kill Sartana as Prescot (uncredited)
- Sartana and His Shadow of Death as Mayor
- The Avenger, Zorro ... (Art Direction)
- The Electric Chair ... (Director)
1968
- Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger! ... (Director)
- Run, Psycho, Run
- And Now... Make Your Peace with God ... (Director)
- Say Your Prayers... and Dig Your Grave! as Prescot (uncredited)
1967
- Poker with Pistols ... (Art Direction)
- Son of Django ... (Production Design)
- Un colpo da Re as Truefinger
- Il ragazzo che sapeva amare ... (Production Design)
1966
- My Name Is Pecos ... (Production Design)
- Killer 77, Alive or Dead as King's Lawyer
- Te lo leggo negli occhi ... (Production Design)
1965
- Marauders of the Sahara ... (Art Direction)
1964
- Crypt of the Vampire ... (Production Design)
- The Road to Fort Alamo ... (Art Direction)
- The Monster of the Opera ... (Production Design)
- The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband) ... (Production Design)
1962
- Commando ... (Costume Design)
1949
- La Terra Trema ... (Assistant Director Trainee)
1947
- Daniele Cortis ... (Set Decoration)