Steno
Born: 1917-01-19 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died: 1988-03-13
Known For: Directing
Biography
Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Two of his films, Un giorno in pretura (1954) and Febbre da cavallo (1976), were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
Filmography
1998
- Big Man: Diva ... (Director)
1988
- Big Man ... (Director)
- Metropolitan Animals ... (Director)
- Big Man - Droga Polizza ... (Director)
1987
- L'ombra nera del Vesuvio ... (Director)
1986
- Italian Fast Food ... (Story)
1985
- Sue Me ... (Director)
1983
- Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style ... (Director)
- Magic Touch ... (Director)
1982
- Banana Joe ... (Director)
- An Ideal Adventure ... (Director)
- God Makes and Then Pairs Them Up ... (Director)
1981
- The Tango of Jealousy ... (Director)
- Quando la coppia scoppia ... (Director)
1980
- Speed Cross ... (Story)
- Flatfoot in Egypt ... (Director)
- Prickly Pears ... (Director)
1979
- Hot Potato ... (Screenplay)
- Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot ... (Director)
1978
- Flatfoot in Africa ... (Director)
- My Loves ... (Director)
1977
- Three Tigers Against Three Tigers ... (Director)
- Double Murder ... (Director)
1976
- Horse Fever ... (Director)
- Italy is Rotten ... (Director)
1975
- Flatfoot in Hong Kong ... (Director)
- The Boss and the Worker ... (Director)
1974
- Policewoman ... (Director)
1973
- My Brother Anastasia ... (Director)
- The Knock Out Cop ... (Director)
1972
- Execution Squad ... (Story)
- The Migratory Bird ... (Director)
- The Terror with Cross-Eyes ... (Director)
1971
- No One Will Notice You're Naked ... (Director)
- Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! ... (Story)
- Mafia Things ... (Director)
1970
- Basta guardarla ... (Screenplay)
- Transplant ... (Director)
- Germania 7 donne a testa ... (Story)
1969
- The Archangel ... (Screenplay)
1968
- How to Kill 400 Duponts ... (Director)
- Caprice Italian Style ... (Director)
1967
- Rita the Field Marshal ... (Director)
1966
- The Invincible ... (Director)
- Pleasant Nights ... (Story)
- Almost Perfect Crime ... (Screenplay)
- Love Italian Style ... (Director)
1965
- Wrong Beds ... (Director)
- The Dolls ... (Story)
1964
- Beautiful Families ... (Screenplay)
- Twins from Texas ... (Director)
- Laughs Italian Style ... (Director)
- A Monster and a Half ... (Director)
1963
- Heroes of the West ... (Director)
- Totò vs the Four ... (Director)
- Two Colonels ... (Director)
1962
- Totò diabolicus ... (Director)
- Musketeers of the Sea ... (Director)
- Copacabana Palace ... (Director)
1961
- Psycosissimo ... (Director)
- The Girl of a Thousand Months ... (Director)
- Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life ... (Story)
1960
- A Soldier and a Half ... (Screenplay)
- Letto a tre piazze ... (Director)
- We Like It Cold ... (Director)
1959
- The Overtaxed ... (Story)
- Toto in Madrid ... (Director)
- Uncle Was a Vampire ... (Director)
1958
- My Police Granny ... (Director)
- Totò in the Moon ... (Director)
- Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche ... (Screenplay)
- Maid, Thief and Guard ... (Director)
1957
- Female Three Times
- All Cream Susanna ... (Director)
1956
- Nero's Mistress ... (Screenplay)
1955
- Piccola posta ... (Director)
1954
- Sins of Casanova ... (Screenplay)
- Io sono la Primula Rossa ... (Screenplay)
- An American in Rome ... (Director)
- A Day in Court ... (Director)
1953
- The Unfaithfuls ... (Director)
- Man, Beast and Virtue ... (Director)
- Cinema of yesteryear ... (Story)
- I'll See You on the Balcony ... (Screenplay)
1952
- Vendetta... sarda ... (Story)
- Totó in color ... (Director)
- The Lucky Five ... (Screenplay)
- Toto and the Kings of Rome ... (Director)
- Toto and the Women ... (Director)
- Appointment for Murder ... (Story)
1951
- Napoleone ... (Story)
- Cops and Robbers ... (Director)
- O.K. Nero ... (Story)
- È l'amor che mi rovina ... (Screenplay)
- Tizio, Caio, Sempronio ... (Story)
- Damn the Taxes!! ... (Writer)
- My Heart Sings ... (Story)
1950
- A Dog’s Life ... (Director)
- I'm in the Revue ... (Writer)
- Her Favourite Husband ... (Screenplay)
- L'inafferrabile 12 ... (Screenplay)
- The Knight is Here ... (Director)
- Outlaw Girl ... (Story)
- Soho Conspiracy ... (Original Story)
1949
- Lure of the Sila ... (Story)
- Fame and the Devil ... (Director)
- The Firemen of Viggiù ... (Screenplay)
- Totò Looking for a House ... (Director)
- The Iron Swordsman ... (Screenplay)
- Come scopersi l'America ... (Writer)
1948
- Mad About Opera ... (Writer)
- Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris ... (Screenplay)
- L'eroe della strada ... (Story)
- The Mysterious Rider ... (Story)
- Fifa e arena ... (Story)
- Toto Tours Italy ... (Screenplay)
- Les Misérables ... (Screenplay)
1947
- Two Little Orphans ... (Screenplay)
- Lo sciopero dei milioni ... (Writer)
- How I Lost the War ... (Screenplay)
- The Captain's Daughter ... (Screenplay)
1946
- Aquila Nera ... (Screenplay)
1945
- Vivere ancora ... (Screenplay)
- Non canto più ... (Writer)
- Life Begins Anew ... (Screenplay)
- In High Places ... (Screenplay)
- Tutta la città canta ... (Story)
1943
- Totò nella fossa dei leoni ... (Screenplay)
- L'avventura di Annabella ... (Screenplay)
- Il viaggio del signor Perrichon ... (Screenplay)
1942
- Labbra serrate ... (Screenplay)
- Quarta pagina ... (Screenplay)
- C'è un fantasma nel castello ... (Screenplay)
- La donna è mobile ... (Writer)
1941
- Luce nelle tenebre ... (Assistant Director)
1940
- Non me lo dire! ... (Story)
- Il pirata sono io! ... (First Assistant Director)
- Abandonment ... (Writer)
1939
- Eravamo sette vedove ... (Screenplay)
- Lo vedi come sei...lo vedi come sei? ... (Screenplay)