Romano Scavolini

• Born — 18 June 1940 • Birthplace — Fiume, Italy • Occupation — Film director, film producer, scriptwriter, cinematographer • Notable Works — Nightmare, A White Dress for Marialé • Years Active — 1958–present

He has been directing since the 1960s. Most of his films are shot independently and with an experimental style. Following his return from Vietnam where he was a freelance photographer, director Romano Scavolini returned to his native Italy where he started his film career again as a genre filmmaker. His best-known horror films are Nightmare (1981), a gruesome horror film that was banned as a video nasty in the UK, and his 1972 A White Dress for Marialé.

• The Devastated One (I devastati) – 1958/1959 • Blind Fly (A mosca cieca) (Ricordati di Haron) – 1966 • The Dress Rehearsal (La prova generale) – 1968 • Entonce – 1969 • L'amore breve (Lo stato d'assedio) (also known as State of Siege – Besieged) – 1969 • The long march (La lunga marcia) • A White Dress for Marialé; aka Un bianco vestito per Marialé (also known as Spirits of Death) – 1972 • Heart (Cuore) – 1973 • Your Honor (Servo suo) – 1973 • The Savage Hunt (also known as Condor's Run) – 1980 • Nightmare (1981 film) (also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain or Blood Splash) – 1981 • Dog Tags – 1981 film) • Ustica: a thorn in the heart (Ustica. Una spina nel cuore) – 2001/2002/2003 • "Che" The Last Hours (Le ultime ore del Che) – 2003 • Apocalisse delle scimmie – A TRILOGY – 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008 • Two Families – 2007 • Two Days – 2012 as interviewed: • Ban the Sadist Videos! – 2005 • The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal – 2007