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Fernando Di Leo (11 January 1932 – 1 December 2003) [1] was an Italian film director and script writer. He made 17 films as a director and about 50 scripts from 1964 to 1985. [2]
Fernando Di Leo (San Ferdinando di Puglia, 11 gennaio 1932 – Roma, 2 dicembre 2003) è stato un regista e sceneggiatore italiano.
Fernando Di Leo was born on 11 January 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia, Puglia, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Caliber 9 (1972), Killer contro killers (1985) and Shoot First, Die Later (1974). He was married to Maria Pia Conte.
With 17 films as a director and about 50 scripts from 1964 to 1985, when the inexorable crisis of Italian cinema pushed him into a forced retirement, Fernando di Leo is one of Italy’s most interesting yet underestimated personalities of the period.
A scrupulously honest carabinieri officer discovers that his greatest victory in life’s endless battle against mediocrity is ultimately a hollow one: his son Domenico, a rising star in the Milan police department, is on the take. The story is familiar, but the sheer ruthlessness of its execution is bracing.
Dec 1, 2003 · Fernando Di Leo (11 January 1932 – 2 December 2003) was an Italian film director and script writer. He made 17 films as a director and about 50 scripts from 1964 to 1985. Fernando Di Leo was born on 11 January 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia.
Fernando Di Leo was born on January 11, 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia, Puglia, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Caliber 9 (1972), Killer contro killers (1985) and Shoot First, Die Later (1974). He was married to Maria Pia Conte. He died on December 1, 2003 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Three classic crime films from Fernando Di Leo - a prolific filmmaker who explored the political extremism and mafia corruption in Italy during the 1970's. Master of garish, intricately plotted, ultra-violent stories about pimps and petty gangsters, Di Leo has perfected the genre with an uncanny accuracy.
Fernando Di Leo (11 January 1932 – 2 December 2003) was an Italian film director and script writer. He made 17 films as a director and about 50 scripts from 1964 to 1985. Fernando Di Leo was born on 11 January 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia.
Fernando Di Leo: Pulp Maestro. The director of street tough movies with a front seat view to the crossfire of Italy’s turbulent, lawless, political violence-filled Anni di piombo —the “Years of Lead” from the late ’60s to the end of the ’80s—Fernando Di Leo, whose early work as a screenwriter included uncredited work on Sergio ...
