Demofilo Fidani
Demofilo Fidani (born 8 February 1914 on a steamship bound for Cagliari; died 4 April 1994) was an Italian film director (24 films), set designer (more than 200 films), painter, and a regarded medium and author. Many of his films were westerns, in which he used the names of well-known characters such as Butch Cassidy, Macho Callahan, Django and Sartana, as well as titles that were variations of popular titles. Besides his westerns, he directed crime films, sex comedies, and, in 1972, a giallo called A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services.
Demofilo Fidani
- Name
- Demofilo Fidani
- Born
- 8 February 1914
- Birthplace
- Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- Place of death
- Italy
- Occupation
- Film director
- Died
- 1994 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Fields
- Spaghetti Western · commedia all'italiana
- Languages
- Italian
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Fidani's regular actors included Jack Betts (also known as Hunt Powers), Gordon Mitchell, Jeff Cameron and Klaus Kinski.
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• Name — Demofilo Fidani • Born — 8 February 1914 • Birthplace — Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy • Place of death — Italy • Occupation — Film director
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Accolades
In 1977, Fidani received the gold medal for "Una vita per il cinema".
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Fidani has been called "a sort of Italian Ed Wood" because of the extremely low budget of his spaghetti westerns as well as his bizarre characters and inattention to continuity.
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- 2.Edizioni Mediterranee. La Medianità. 1985.
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- 5.Cinematografo: Cast. www.cinematografo.it.
- 6.Caresses à domicile Erotique Giallo Thriller. www.psychovision.net.
- 7.Category:Demofilo Fidani - The Spaghetti Western Database. www.spaghetti-western.net.
- 8.:: UNA VITA PER IL CINEMA :: in ricordo di Alessandro Ferraù.
- 9.Festi, Roberto. C'era una volta il -- western all'italiana: mito e protagonisti. Stampalith. 2001.
- 10.Demofilo Fidani. CinéDweller.
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