Alberto De Martino
Biography
Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervisor. De Martino's films as a director specialised in well-crafted knock-offs of Hollywood hit films. These films were specifically created films in Western, horror and mythology genres which were developed for the international market. The Telegraph stated that his best known of these film was probably The Antichrist. The Antichrist capitalized on the box-office appeal of The Exorcist (1973) and in its first week in the United States earned a greater box office than Jaws.
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Movies (45)
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
as Himself
2020
I Tarantiniani
as Self
2013
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
as Self
2006
Excellent Cadavers
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1999
The Overthrow
Dialogue (Writing)
1987
Miami Golem
Director (Directing)
1985
Formula for a Murder
Director (Directing)
1985
Blood Link
Director (Directing)
1982
Pumaman
Director (Directing)
1980
Holocaust 2000
Director (Directing)
1977
Shadows in an Empty Room
Director (Directing)
1976
The Antichrist
Director (Directing)
1974
Here We Go Again, Eh Providence?
Director (Directing)
1973
Counselor at Crime
Director (Directing)
1973
The Killer Is on the Phone
Writer (Writing)
1972
Crime Boss
Director (Directing)
1972
Duck, You Sucker
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1971
The Man with Icy Eyes
Director (Directing)
1971
Carnal Circuit
Director (Directing)
1969
Bandits in Rome
Director (Directing)
1968
Dirty Heroes
Director (Directing)
1967
Operation Kid Brother
Director (Directing)
1967
Django Shoots First
Director (Directing)
1966
Special Mission Lady Chaplin
Director (Directing)
1966
The Spy with Ten Faces
Director (Directing)
1966
$100,000 for Ringo
Director (Directing)
1965
Assault on Fort Texan
Director (Directing)
1965
The Revolt of the Seven
Writer (Writing)
1964
Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors
Director (Directing)
1964
The Secret Seven
Director (Directing)
1963
The Blancheville Monster
Director (Directing)
1963
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
Screenplay (Writing)
1963
Two Against All
Director (Directing)
1962
Gladiators 7
Story (Writing)
1962
The Invincible Gladiator
Director (Directing)
1961
Akiko
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1961
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete
Co-Director (Directing)
1960
Mantelli e spade insanguinate
Writer (Writing)
1959
Fantasmi e ladri
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1959
Napoli sole mio
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1958
Rascel-Fifì
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1957
Noi siamo le colonne
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1956
Past Lovers
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1953
L'elisir d'amore
1941
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
as Il figlio di Scipione (uncredited)
1937