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Vittorio Cottafavi (1914–1998)

Director | Writer | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

The son of an army officer and landowner, Cottafavi was already endowed with a university education in law, philosophy and literature, by the time he graduated from the famous Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome in 1938. He began his professional career in the film industry as a clapper boy... See full bio »

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in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Died:

(age 84) in Anzio, Lazio, Italy
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1985 Il diavolo sulle colline
 
1981 Maria Zeff
 
1979 Con gli occhi dell'occidente (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.3 (1979)
– Episode #1.2 (1979)
– Episode #1.1 (1979)
 
1974 La torta di Riccio (TV movie)
 
1974 Sotto il placido Don (TV mini-series)
 
1973 Napoleone a Sant'Elena (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.4 (1973)
– Episode #1.3 (1973)
– Episode #1.2 (1973)
– Episode #1.1 (1973)
 
1973 La scuola delle mogli (TV movie)
 
1973 Vestire gli ignudi (TV movie)
 
1973 La folie Almayer (TV movie)
 
1972 A come Andromeda (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.5 (1972)
– Episode #1.4 (1972)
– Episode #1.3 (1972)
– Episode #1.2 (1972)
– Episode #1.1 (1972)
 
1971 Antigone (TV movie)
 
1971 La signora dalle camelie (TV movie)
 
1970 I racconti di Padre Brown (TV series)
 
1970 Una pistola in vendita (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.3 (1970)
– Episode #1.2 (1970)
– Episode #1.1 (1970)
 
1969 Oliver Cromwell: Ritratto di un dittatore (TV mini-series)
 
1968 Cristóbal Colón (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.1 (1968)
– Episode #1.2 (1968)
 
1967 L'idolo delle scene (TV movie)
 
1967 La paura delle botte (TV movie)
 
1967 Delirio a due (TV movie)
 
1967 Don Giovanni (TV movie)
 
1967 Il processo di Santa Teresa del bambino Gesù (TV movie)
 
1967 Le troiane (TV movie)
 
1967 Knock o Il trionfo della medicina (TV movie)
 
1966 Quinta colonna (TV mini-series)
 
1966 La fantarca (TV movie)
 
1965 Vita di Dante (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.3 (1965)
– Episode #1.2 (1965)
– Episode #1.1 (1965)
 
1965 Le piccole volpi (TV movie)
 
1965 Antonio e Cleopatra (TV movie)
 
1965 La potenza delle tenebre (TV movie)
 
1965 Ai poeti non si spara (TV movie)
 
1964 I cento cavalieri
 
1964 Mille franchi di ricompensa (TV movie)
 
1964 L'uomo (TV movie)
 
1964 Così è (se vi pare) (TV movie)
 
1963 Gli spettri (TV movie)
 
1963 Il taglio del bosco (TV movie)
 
1963 Nozze di sangue (TV movie)
 
1963 Lo zoo di vetro (TV movie)
 
1963 Il piccolo caffè (TV movie)
 
1962 Il mondo è una prigione (TV movie)
 
1962 Operazione Vega (TV movie)
 
1962 Colloquio con un uomo disprezzato (TV movie)
 
1962 Le notti bianche (TV movie)
 
1961 La trincea (TV movie)
 
1961 Hercules and the Captive Women
 
1961 Amazons of Rome
 
1960 Goliath and the Dragon
 
1960 Messalina
 
1960 Quando amor comanda (TV movie)
 
1960 Toro bravo
 
1959 Legions of the Nile
 
1959 Passo falso (TV movie)
 
1959 Processo di famiglia (TV movie)
 
1958/I Antigone (TV movie)
 
1958 La spada di Damocle (TV movie)
 
1958 Umiliati e offesi (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.4 (1958)
– Episode #1.3 (1958)
– Episode #1.2 (1958)
– Episode #1.1 (1958)
 
1958 The Warrior and the Slave Girl
 
1958 Casa di bambola (TV movie)
 
1957 Hänsel e Gretel (TV movie)
 
1957 L'avaro (TV movie)
 
1957 Via Belgarbo (TV movie)
 
1957 Sette piccole croci (TV movie)
 
1954 A Free Woman
 
1954 Jailbirds
 
1954 Nel gorgo del peccato
 
1954 Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge
 
1954 In amore si pecca in due
 
1953 Traviata '53
 
1952 Milady and the Musketeers
 
1952 Una donna ha ucciso
 
1949 Fiamma che non si spegne
 
1947 La grande strada
 
1943 Our Dreams
 
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1985 Il diavolo sulle colline
 
1981 Maria Zeff
 
1979 Con gli occhi dell'occidente (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.3 (1979) (screenplay)
– Episode #1.2 (1979) (screenplay)
– Episode #1.1 (1979) (screenplay)
 
1974 La torta di Riccio (TV movie)
 
1974 Sotto il placido Don (TV mini-series)
 
1973 Napoleone a Sant'Elena (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.4 (1973) (teleplay)
– Episode #1.3 (1973) (teleplay)
– Episode #1.2 (1973) (teleplay)
– Episode #1.1 (1973) (teleplay)
 
1973 La scuola delle mogli (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1972 A come Andromeda (TV mini-series)
 
1971 Antigone (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1967 Le troiane (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1964 I cento cavalieri (screenplay / story)
 
1961 Hercules and the Captive Women
 
1960 Toro bravo
 
1959 Legions of the Nile
 
1958 Umiliati e offesi (TV mini-series)
 
1954 Jailbirds (adaptation)
 
1954 Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge (screenplay)
 
1953 Traviata '53 (scenario)
 
1952 Milady and the Musketeers
 
1952 Una donna ha ucciso
 
1949 Fiamma che non si spegne (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1948 Lo sconosciuto di San Marino
 
1947 Fiamme sul mare (screenplay)
 
1946 Outcry (uncredited)
 
1943 Our Dreams (screenplay)
 
1941 Nozze di sangue (dialogue - uncredited)
 
1939 Cardinal Messias (adaptation and screenplay)
 
1948 Lo sconosciuto di San Marino (second unit director)
 
1948 Fantasmi del mare (associate director)
 
1947 Fiamme sul mare (associate director)
 
1944 The Children Are Watching Us (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1943 Quelli della montagna (assistant director)
 
1942 Giorni felici (assistant director)
 
1942 Merchant of Slaves (assistant director)
 
1941 Nozze di sangue (assistant director)
 
1940 The Knight of Kruja (assistant director)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1949 Fiamma che non si spegne
 
1946 The Testimony (uncredited)
 
1945 La porta del cielo
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1953 I Piombi di Venezia (production manager)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1953 I Piombi di Venezia (supervising director)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1988 Married to the Mob (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1987 Remake
Himself
 
1968 Fellini in città ovvero Frammenti di una conversazione su Federico Fellini (documentary short)
Himself
 
1966 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Pasolini l'enragé (1966) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2000 Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co (TV documentary)
Himself
 
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