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Steno(1917-1988)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Steno
Steno was born on 19 January 1917 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Execution Squad (1972), Guardie e ladri (1951) and La patata bollente (1979). He died on 12 March 1988 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornJanuary 19, 1917
DiedMarch 12, 1988(71)
BornJanuary 19, 1917
DiedMarch 12, 1988(71)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 2 nominations

Known for

Mariangela Melato and Enrico Maria Salerno in Execution Squad (1972)
Execution Squad
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1972
Aldo Fabrizi and Totò in Guardie e ladri (1951)
Guardie e ladri
7.7
  • Writer
  • 1951
La patata bollente (1979)
La patata bollente
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1979
Sylva Koscina, Ugo Tognazzi, and Totò in Totò nella luna (1958)
Totò nella luna
5.8
  • Writer(as Stefano Vanzina)
  • 1958

Credits

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Writer

  • Big Man (1988)
    Big Man
    • story
    • screenplay
    • TV Series
    • 1988
  • Urban Animals (1987)
    Urban Animals
    • screenplay & story
    • 1987
  • L'ombra nera del Vesuvio (1986)
    L'ombra nera del Vesuvio
    • story and screenplay
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1986
  • Italian Fast Food (1986)
    Italian Fast Food
    • story
    • 1986
  • Mi faccia causa (1985)
    Mi faccia causa
    • Writer
    • 1985
  • Mani di fata (1983)
    Mani di fata
    • screenplay
    • 1983
  • An Ideal Adventure (1982)
    An Ideal Adventure
    • Writer
    • 1982
  • Bud Spencer in Banana Joe (1982)
    Banana Joe
    • screenplay
    • 1982
  • Il tango della gelosia (1981)
    Il tango della gelosia
    • screenplay
    • 1981
  • Quando la coppia scoppia (1981)
    Quando la coppia scoppia
    • screenplay
    • 1981
  • Fico d'India (1980)
    Fico d'India
    • screenplay
    • 1980
  • Bud Spencer in Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)
    Flatfoot in Egypt
    • screenplay
    • 1980
  • Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Fabio Testi in Speed Cross (1980)
    Speed Cross
    • dialogue
    • story
    • 1980
  • La patata bollente (1979)
    La patata bollente
    • Writer
    • 1979
  • Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)
    Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot
    • screenplay
    • 1979

Director

  • Big Man (1988)
    Big Man
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1988
  • Urban Animals (1987)
    Urban Animals
    • Director
    • 1987
  • L'ombra nera del Vesuvio (1986)
    L'ombra nera del Vesuvio
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1986
  • Cuore di pietra
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Mi faccia causa (1985)
    Mi faccia causa
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Mani di fata (1983)
    Mani di fata
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Ornella Muti and Paolo Villaggio in Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1983)
    Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Dio li fa poi li accoppia (1982)
    Dio li fa poi li accoppia
    • Director
    • 1982
  • An Ideal Adventure (1982)
    An Ideal Adventure
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Bud Spencer in Banana Joe (1982)
    Banana Joe
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Il tango della gelosia (1981)
    Il tango della gelosia
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Quando la coppia scoppia (1981)
    Quando la coppia scoppia
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Fico d'India (1980)
    Fico d'India
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Bud Spencer in Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)
    Flatfoot in Egypt
    • Director
    • 1980
  • La patata bollente (1979)
    La patata bollente
    • Director
    • 1979

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Mario Mattoli and Alida Valli in Life Begins Anew (1945)
    Life Begins Anew
    • assistant director
    • 1945
  • Violette nei capelli (1942)
    Violette nei capelli
    • assistant director
    • 1942
  • La scuola dei timidi (1941)
    La scuola dei timidi
    • assistant director
    • 1941
  • Luce nelle tenebre (1941)
    Luce nelle tenebre
    • assistant director
    • 1941
  • Il pirata sono io! (1940)
    Il pirata sono io!
    • assistant director
    • 1940
  • Abbandono (1940)
    Abbandono
    • assistant director
    • 1940
  • Lo vedi come sei... Lo vedi come sei? (1939)
    Lo vedi come sei... Lo vedi come sei?
    • assistant director
    • 1939
  • Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939)
    Mille chilometri al minuto!
    • assistant director
    • 1939

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Stefano Vanzina
  • Born
    • January 19, 1917
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • Died
    • March 12, 1988
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(undisclosed)
  • Children
    • Enrico Vanzina

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  • Trivia
    Italian satirical writer, cartoonist and writer/director of popular comedies, often starring Totò or Bud Spencer. In films from 1939 as an assistant director for Mario Mattoli, Riccardo Freda and others. Also wrote screenplays for Alessandro Blasetti and Mario Soldati.

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