Riccardo Freda
Biography
Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production. Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic. Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. Freda began directing I Vampiri. I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920) Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film Black Sunday was released internationally.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (50)
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
as self
2022
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
2007
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co
as Self
2000
Un uomo solo: Incontro con Riccardo Freda
1998
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
as Himself
1997
For the Love of Nancy
Set Decoration (Art)
1994
D'Artagnan's Daughter
Original Story (Writing)
1994
My Name Is Kate
Set Decoration (Art)
1994
Once Around the Park
as Ricardo, le réalisateur
1989
Murder Obsession
Director (Directing)
1981
Tragic Ceremony
Director (Directing)
1972
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Editor (Editing)
1971
Tamar Wife of Er
Director (Directing)
1971
Double Face
Director (Directing)
1969
Mexican Slayride
Director (Directing)
1967
Death at Owell Rock
Director (Directing)
1967
Trap for the Assassin
Director (Directing)
1966
The Exterminators
Director (Directing)
1965
The Two Orphans
Director (Directing)
1965
The Revenge of the Crusader
Story (Writing)
1964
Romeo e Giulietta
Director (Directing)
1964
The Magnificent Adventurer
Director (Directing)
1963
The Ghost
Director (Directing)
1963
Gold for the Caesars
Director (Directing)
1963
The Seventh Sword
Director (Directing)
1962
Alone Against Rome
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1962
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
Director (Directing)
1962
The Witch's Curse
Director (Directing)
1962
Manhunt
Director (Directing)
1961
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
Director (Directing)
1961
The Mongols
Director (Directing)
1961
The Giants of Thessaly
Director (Directing)
1960
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
Director (Directing)
1959
The White Warrior
Director (Directing)
1959
Sign of the Gladiator
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1959
Lust of the Vampire
as Il dottore (uncredited)
1957
Ambush in Tangier
Director (Directing)
1957
Castle of the Banned Lovers
Director (Directing)
1956
From Here to the Inheritance
Director (Directing)
1955
Theodora, Slave Empress
Director (Directing)
1954
Mosaici a Ravenna, I
Director (Directing)
1954
Sins of Rome
Screenplay (Writing)
1953
The Legend of Piave
Director (Directing)
1952
Revenge of the Black Eagle
Director (Directing)
1951
Double Cross
Director (Directing)
1951
Vedi Napoli e poi muori
Director (Directing)
1951
Magia a prezzi modici
Writer (Writing)
1950
The Son of d'Artagnan
Director (Directing)
1950
The Iron Swordsman
Director (Directing)
1949
O Caçula do Barulho
Director (Directing)
1949