Sergio Sollima
Born: 1921-04-17 in Rome, Italy
Died: 2015-07-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
Sergio Sollima (April 17, 1921 – July 1, 2015) was an Italian film director and script writer. Like many Italian cult directors, Sollima started his career by directing mostly sword and sandal movies that were very popular in the early 1960s. After the genre's popularity quickly died out, Sollima was among the first ones to move to spaghetti westerns. The Big Gundown (starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian) was released in 1966 with big success, despite the fact that it had to compete with Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Sergio Corbucci's Django. Sollima soon filmed two more westerns. Face to Face (Milian and Gian Maria Volonté) was released in 1967 and Run, Man, Run! (Milian) in 1968. Although Sollima directed only three westerns and they never reached the level of popularity as the ones by the other Sergios (Leone and Corbucci), each of them are highly regarded among genre enthusiasts. In 1970, Sollima switched genres again and directed the Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas starred Violent City, which was one of the first violent and fast-paced Italian crime films often known as poliziotteschi. Like for all of his westerns, the soundtrack was provided by Ennio Morricone. Sollima's last well-known film is Revolver, a poliziotteschi film starring Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi.
Filmography
2022
- Ennio as Self
2016
- Spaghetti Western Memories as Himself
2014
- Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… as Lui-même
2010
- Sodankylä Forever as Self
- Sodankylä Forever as Self
2006
2005
- The Spaghetti West as Self
- Sergio Sollima: Face to Face as Himself
2004
1993
- Berlin '39 ... (Director)
1992
- Solo per Dirti Addio ... (Director)
1990
- Love Steps ... (Director)
1977
- The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue ... (Director)
1976
- Sandokan ... (Director)
- The Black Corsair ... (Director)
1973
- Revolver ... (Screenplay)
1972
- Devil in the Brain ... (Screenplay)
1970
- Violent City ... (Screenplay)
1968
- Run, Man, Run ... (Story)
- Western, Italian Style as Self
1967
- The Big Gundown ... (Screenplay)
- Face to Face ... (Screenplay)
1966
- Requiem for a Secret Agent ... (Director)
- Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun ... (Screenplay)
1965
- Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell ... (Director)
1964
- Triumph of the Ten Gladiators ... (Story)
1963
- The Ten Gladiators ... (Writer)
1962
- Sex Can Be Difficult ... (Director)
- The Rebel Gladiators ... (Writer)
- Samson Against the Sheik ... (Story)
1961
- Ursus ... (Screenplay)
- The Secret of the Black Falcon ... (Writer)
- Goliath Against the Giants ... (Screenplay)
- Sword in the Shadows ... (Writer)
1960
- Madri pericolose ... (Screenplay)
- Knight of 100 Faces ... (Story)
- I teddy boys della canzone ... (Screenplay)
1959
- Il mondo dei miracoli ... (Dialogue)
1958
- Ricordati di Napoli ... (Screenplay)
- Carousel of songs ... (Story)
1954
- Foreign Earth ... (Assistant Director)
- Shack and puppets ... (First Assistant Director)
- Tripoli, bel suol d'amore ... (Screenplay)
1952
- Solo per te Lucia ... (Assistant Director)
1951
- Behind Closed Shutters ... (Story)