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Claudio Fragasso

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Claudio Fragasso
Born in Rome. His father gave him a passion for cinema, taking him to Cinecittà as a child. At the age of ten, the British brother-in-law, director of documentaries for the London BBC, gave him a camera in super 8. He began to shoot many films, involving his friends. He does everything by himself, writes, directs and edits. After completing his classical studies, he worked as an editing assistant and later as an assistant director. At 20 years he made his first feature film in Super 8: "Paure e Realtà". And at 25, "Pasaggi" won the Ischia film festival in 1979. In 1981, the 35 mm debut with the film: "Difendimi dalla Notte" that wins: the San Sebastian Film Festival, the Nice Film Festival and the festival of Annency. It is selected in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. But in Italy without political recommendations, nor previous in the family, does not find work, then "emigrate" turning the world, directing many films for the foreign market. All in English, with American and European actors. So he meets his friend, Bruno Mattei. Together they make all genres: horror, western, science fiction, adventure, thriller, war and detective. Later he divides himself from Bruno Mattei, but continues to travel the world, making other horror movies, science fiction and zombies. In 1984 an American production called him to direct the rock star Alice Cooper, as protagonist of the film: "Monster Dog". In 1985 he directed the cult "After Death" in the Philippines. In 1989 he directed in America, the film phenomenon that has lasted for almost thirty years, "Goblin", later called Troll2 from the American distribution, creating a misunderstanding that became the success of the film, because Troll2 was never the sequel of the first Troll, but a comic horror story for families, without blood, called Goblin. In 1993 he returned to Italy, returning to his first love, the cinema of civil commitment. He created the award-winning "Teste Rasate", sold in many countries around the world. In 1995 he made his most successful work "Palermo Milano Solo Andata" with 20th Century Fox Italy. The film is in competition in Venice, and sold in 83 countries. He has made more than 40 films. He discovered many young actors who are stars today. He supervises young directors in their films and never stops, because cinema is his life. Claudio Fragasso is a versatile director, one of the few in Italy, to try his hand at all genres, always experimenting with new things.
BornOctober 2, 1951
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Troll 2 (1990)
Troll 2
2.9
  • Writer(as Drake Floyd)
  • 1990
Teste rasate (1993)
Teste rasate
4.8
  • Director
  • 1993
Palermo-Milan One Way (1995)
Palermo-Milan One Way
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1995
After Death (1989)
After Death
4.2
  • Director(as Clyde Anderson)
  • 1989

Credits

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Writer

  • Karate Man (2022)
    Karate Man
  • Blindati
  • Coppia omicida (1998)
    Coppia omicida
  • Palermo-Milan One Way (1995)
    Palermo-Milan One Way
  • Heroes Blood (1992)
    Heroes Blood
  • Troll 2 (1990)
    Troll 2
    • (as Drake Floyd)
  • Three for One (1990)
    Three for One
    • (as Clyde Anderson)
  • Night Killer (1990)
    Night Killer
    • (as Clyde Anderson)
  • Beyond Darkness (1990)
    Beyond Darkness
    • (as Clyde Anderson)
  • Danja Gazzara, Leo Daniel, and Sammy Luck in Gipsy Angel (1990)
    Gipsy Angel
  • Appuntamento a Trieste (1989)
    Appuntamento a Trieste
  • Interzone (1989)
    Interzone
    • (as Clyde Anderson)
  • Nato per combattere (1989)
    Nato per combattere
  • Terminator II (1989)
    Terminator II
    • (as Clayde Anderson)
  • Robowar (1988)
    Robowar

Director

  • Karate Man (2022)
    Karate Man
  • Italian horror stories (2021)
    Italian horror stories
  • Novel (2018)
    Novel
  • L'ultimo applauso (2016)
    L'ultimo applauso
  • La grande rabbia (2016)
    La grande rabbia
  • Francesco Pannofino in Una notte da paura (2012)
    Una notte da paura
  • Operazione vacanze (2012)
    Operazione vacanze
  • Le ultime 56 ore (2010)
    Le ultime 56 ore
  • Milan Palermo - The Return (2007)
    Milan Palermo - The Return
  • Concorso di colpa (2004)
    Concorso di colpa
  • Blindati
  • La banda (2000)
    La banda
  • Operazione Odissea (1999)
    Operazione Odissea
  • Tars: The Ladder (1999)
    Tars: The Ladder
    • (as Clyde Anderson)
  • Coppia omicida (1998)
    Coppia omicida

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Tumors (2011)
    Tumors
  • Nato per combattere (1989)
    Nato per combattere
    • (uncredited)
  • Strike Commando 2 (1988)
    Strike Commando 2
  • Scalps (1987)
    Scalps
    • (as Clyde Anderson)
  • Bianco Apache (1987)
    Bianco Apache
    • (as Clyde Anderson)
  • Double Target (1987)
    Double Target
  • Strike Commando (1987)
    Strike Commando
    • (as Clyde Anderson)
  • Ann-Gisel Glass in Hanna D. - La ragazza del Vondel Park (1984)
    Hanna D. - La ragazza del Vondel Park
    • (as Olivier Lefait)
  • Rats: Night of Terror (1984)
    Rats: Night of Terror
    • (as Clyde Anderson)
  • Women's Prison Massacre (1983)
    Women's Prison Massacre
  • Violence in a Women's Prison (1982)
    Violence in a Women's Prison
  • Couples pervers
    • (as Olivier Lefait)
  • Les amours de Julie
    • (as Olivier Lefait)
  • The Other Hell (1981)
    The Other Hell
    • (uncredited)
  • Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
    Hell of the Living Dead

Personal details

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    • October 2, 1951
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Rossella DrudiMay 20, 1978 - ? (1 child)
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    Often worked with Italain film director Bruno Mattei.
    • Downbeat endings where the main protagonist meets with a terrible fate.

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