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)
- Operation Apocalypse ... (Director)
- Maciste, Avenger of the Mayans ... (Director)
1965
- Lone and Angry Man ... (Screenplay)
- Fire Over Rome ... (Writer)
- Marauders of the Sahara ... (Director)
- The Sheriff Won't Shoot ... (Story)
1964
- The Slave Merchants ... (Screenplay)
- The Revolt of the Barbarians ... (Director)
1963
- Samson and the Slave Queen ... (Story)
- The Invincible Masked Rider ... (Screenplay)
- Catherine of Russia ... (Story)
- Colossus of the Stone Age ... (Director)
- Samson and the Sea Beasts ... (Writer)
- Sign of Zorro ... (Writer)
- Colossus and the Headhunters ... (Screenplay)
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
- Serenatella Sciuè Sciuè ... (Screenplay)
- Valeria ragazza poco seria ... (Director)
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)