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Umberto Lenzi

Umberto Lenzi

Birthday: 1931-08-06

Place of Birth: Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy

Biography: Umberto Lenzi (August 6, 1931—October 19, 2017) was an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, Eurospy films, spaghetti westerns, Macaroni Combat movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries (in addition to writing many of the screenplays himself).

Movies

Mondo Cannibale
Mondo Cannibale

Documentary about the making of Man From Deep River....

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Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through...

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Love and Chatter
Love and Chatter

Maria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the munici...

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Cop Target
Cop Target

Farley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San...

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I Tarantiniani
I Tarantiniani

Tarantino reveres them, and for good reason. Welcome to the world of the kings of the Italian B-Movi...

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German Grusel
German Grusel

Documentary examines the extraordinary success of the Edgar Wallace series in Germany: the British w...

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Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies

2 1/2 hour-documentary on the rise and fall of one of the most controversial Italian genres every cr...

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Like a Beast... Almost
Like a Beast... Almost

Director Umberto Lenzi, writer Ernesto Gastaldi and stars Ray Lovelock & Gino Santercole discuss the...

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Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost Human
Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost Human

An interview of Umberto Lenzi discussing the making of his film Almost Human....

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Armed to the Teeth... Again
Armed to the Teeth... Again

An interview with legendary Italian director Umberto Lenzi regarding his cult film The Cynic, the Ra...

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All the Colors of Giallo
All the Colors of Giallo

'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most i...

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Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

Feature-length in-depth documentary by High Rising Productions chronicling the Giallo film genre fro...

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All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan
All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan

A look back at the storied career of the late, great exploitation director Umberto Lenzi - as told t...

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Nightmare City
Nightmare City

In a nameless European city, a local reporter and his doctor wife try to escape from hordes of blood...

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Italian Kings Of B
Italian Kings Of B

Documentary on Italian genre cinema....

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Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

A High Rising Productions documentary on the short-lived craze of Italian cannibal films in the '70s...

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Deodato vs Lenzi
Deodato vs Lenzi

An interview with the Italian directors Ruggero Deodato and Umberto Lenzi at the the "Joe D'Amato Ho...

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