Demofilo Fidani

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-02-08 (80 years old)

Deathday

1994-01-01

Place of Birth

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

Demofilo Fidani

Biography

Demofilo Fidani (born 8 February 1914 on a steamship bound for Cagliari; died 4 April 1994) was an Italian film director (24 films), set designer (more than 200 films), painter, and a regarded medium and author. As director, Fidani specialized in spaghetti westerns and used many different pseudonyms including Miles Deem, Lucky Dickinson, Alex Demos, and Danilo Dani. Many of his films were westerns, in which he used the names of well-known characters such as Butch Cassidy, Macho Callahan, Django and Sartana, as well as titles that were variations of popular titles. Besides his westerns, he directed crime films, sex comedies, and, in 1972, a g...

Acting

1966

Killer 77, Alive or Dead

as King's Lawyer

1968

1969

Four Came to Kill Sartana

as Prescot (uncredited)

1967

Un colpo da Re

as Truefinger

Production

1971

1972

1972

1971

1973

1968

1976

Language Teacher

as Director

1971

Savage Guns

as Director

1971

1973

1964

The Road to Fort Alamo

as Art Direction

1969

The Avenger, Zorro

as Art Direction

1969

1969

1967

Poker with Pistols

as Art Direction

1966

My Name Is Pecos

as Production Design

1971

Savage Guns

as Writer

1971

Savage Guns

as Producer

1964

1964

Crypt of the Vampire

as Production Design

1967

Son of Django

as Production Design

1966

Te lo leggo negli occhi

as Production Design

1964

Crypt of the Vampire

as Set Decoration

1949

La Terra Trema

as Assistant Director Trainee

1976

Language Teacher

as Screenplay

1964

The Monster of the Opera

as Production Design

1975

Black Fury

as Story

1975

Black Fury

as Screenplay

1975

The Schoolgirl

as Art Direction

1975

Black Fury

as Director

1965

Marauders of the Sahara

as Art Direction

1971

Adios Compañeros

as Screenplay

1971

1947

Daniele Cortis

as Set Decoration

1976

1976

1968

Run, Psycho, Run

as Production Designer

1962

Commando

as Costume Design

1967

Il ragazzo che sapeva amare

as Production Design

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