Leopoldo Savona
Born: 1913-07-13
Died: 2000-10-19
Known For: Directing
Biography
Born in Lenola, Italy, he started his career in 1949 as assistant director of Giuseppe De Sanctis. He made his directorial debut in 1955, with the adventure film Il principe dalla maschera rossa. He collaborated with Pier Paolo Pasolini as a technical adviser in Mamma Roma.
Filmography
1976
- Le due orfanelle ... (Director)
1972
- Byleth: The Demon of Incest ... (Writer)
- Death Falls Lightly ... (Director)
1971
- Pistol Packin' Preacher ... (Director)
1970
- Operation Snafu ... (Second Unit Director)
- Apocalypse Joe ... (Director)
1969
- God Will Forgive My Pistol ... (Writer)
- Thunder from the West ... (Director)
1967
- Killer Kid ... (Director)
1966
- Knives of the Avenger ... (Director)
- Rojo ... (Director)
1963
- Arms of the Avenger ... (Writer)
1962
- Warriors Five ... (Writer)
- La leggenda di Fra Diavolo ... (Director)
1961
- Accattone ... (Assistant Director)
- Erik the Conqueror ... (Choreographer)
- The Mongols ... (Director)
1960
- It Started in Naples ... (Choreographer)
1959
- Venetian Honeymoon ... (First Assistant Director)
- Nights of the Teddy Boys ... (Director)
- The White Warrior ... (Co-Director)
1958
- Piece of the Sky ... (Co-Director)
1957
- Men and Wolves ... (Co-Director)
1955
- Totò all'inferno ... (First Assistant Director)
- The Prince with the Red Mask ... (Director)
1954
- Woman of Rome ... (First Assistant Director)
- Days of Love ... (Co-Director)
- Daughters of Destiny ... (Assistant Director)
1953
- Easy Years ... (First Assistant Director)
- Trouble for the Legion ... (First Assistant Director)
1951
- Rome-Paris-Rome ... (First Assistant Director)
1950
- Under the Olive Tree ... (Production Assistant)