Silvio Amadio
Silvio Amadio (8 August 1926 – 19 August 1995) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 24 films between 1957 and 1981. His film Wolves of the Deep was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.
Silvio Amadio
Etiennedetours · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Silvio Amadio
- Born
- 8 August 1926
- Birthplace
- Frascati, Italy
- Died
- 19 August 1995
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Languages
- Italian
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Silvio Amadio (8 August 1926 – 19 August 1995) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 24 films between 1957 and 1981. His film Wolves of the Deep was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Silvio Amadio. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q331446 · wikipedia · Silvio Amadio
In this article
Biography
Biography
He is known to horror film fans for directing Amuck! (1972), a giallo film starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet, and to Commedia sexy all'italiana fans for directing some of the best Gloria Guida sex comedies of the mid 1970s.
Patrizia Viotti Rosalba Neri in a scene from Amuck (1972)
Delta
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Silvio Amadio • Born — 8 August 1926 • Birthplace — Frascati, Italy • Died — 19 August 1995 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1957–1981
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Wolves of the Deep (1959) • Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960) a.k.a. Theseus Against the Minotaur (a peplum starring Bob Mathias as Theseus) • War Gods of Babylon (1962) • Desideri d'estate (1964) • Assassination in Rome (1965) • For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966) • Twisted Girls (1969) a.k.a. No Man's Island, a.k.a. Island of the Swedes (cameraman: Joe D'Amato) • Smile Before Death - a.k.a. Smile of the Hyena, Rosalba Neri (1972) • Amuck! (1972) a.k.a. In Pursuit of Pleasure, a.k.a. Maniac Mansion, starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet • La minorenne (1974) • Catene (1974) • That Malicious Age (1975) • So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... (1975) • Il medium (1980) • Il carabiniere (1981)
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1995
Silvio Amadio died at Rome.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Frascati.
Birth place
Rome.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Silvio Amadio”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q331446: Silvio Amadio
Unverified · Wikidata
Literature
Scholarly footprint
A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolvedauthority record
Unverified
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
37,408 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Silvia NavarroPerson
- Silvia SeidelPerson
- Silvia SolarPerson
- Silvia SprossPerson
- Silvio de AbreuPerson
- Silvio Laurenti RosaPerson
- Silvio MuccinoPerson
- Silvio OrlandoPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Silvio Amadio?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.