Guido Malatesta
Born: 1919-10-02 in Gallarate, Lombardy, Italy
Died: 1970-06-14
Known For: Writing
Biography
Guido Malatesta was an Italian screenwriter and film director active from the 1950s to the early 1970s. He began his career as a screenwriter, contributing to various Italian films before transitioning to directing. Malatesta directed numerous genre films, including peplum, adventure, and Spaghetti Westerns. His notable works include Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960), Fury of Achilles (1962), and Django's Cut Price Corpses (1971). Malatesta's films are characterized by their action sequences and adherence to genre conventions, contributing to the popularity of Italian genre cinema during his active years.
Filmography
1971
1970
- Maniacs on Wheels ... (Director)
1969
- Poppea's Hot Nights ... (Writer)
- Tarzana: The Wild Woman ... (Director)
1968
- Samoa, Queen of the Jungle ... (Director)
- Son of Black Eagle ... (Director)
1967
- Mission Phantom ... (Director)
1966
- Spies Kill Silently ... (Writer)
- Maciste, Avenger of the Mayans ... (Director)
- Operation Apocalypse ... (Director)
1965
- Lone and Angry Man ... (Screenplay)
- The Sheriff Won't Shoot ... (Story)
- Fire Over Rome ... (Writer)
- Marauders of the Sahara ... (Director)
1964
- The Slave Merchants ... (Screenplay)
- The Revolt of the Barbarians ... (Director)
1963
- Samson and the Slave Queen ... (Story)
- The Invincible Masked Rider ... (Screenplay)
- Sign of Zorro ... (Writer)
- Colossus of the Stone Age ... (Director)
- Samson and the Sea Beasts ... (Writer)
- Colossus and the Headhunters ... (Screenplay)
- Catherine of Russia ... (Story)
1961
- Goliath Against the Giants ... (Director)
1960
- Fury of the Pagans ... (Director)
- Valley of the Doomed ... (Director)
1959
- The Head of a Tyrant ... (Screenplay)
- Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco ... (Producer)
1958
- Valeria ragazza poco seria ... (Director)
- Serenatella Sciuè Sciuè ... (Screenplay)
1957
- The Tanks of El Alamein ... (Director)
1956
- Guaglione ... (Story)
- Il prezzo della gloria ... (Story)
- Incatenata dal destino ... (Writer)
1954
- Human Torpedoes ... (Script Supervisor)
- Barrier of the Law ... (Screenplay)
1953
- Per salvarti ho peccato ... (Writer)