Franco Lo Cascio

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-08-29 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Franco Lo Cascio

Biography

Luca Damiano (born Franco Lo Cascio; 29 August 1946) is an Italian film director. Born in Rome, Lo Cascio started his career as the assistant director of Fernando Di Leo in almost all the films he directed between 1967 and 1974. In 1974, he made his directorial debut with the parody film 'Piedino il questurino' starring Franco Franchi. After having directed a number of comedies and the supernatural thriller 'Un urlo dalle tenebre' in 1976, Lo Cascio withdrew from directing to focus on his distribution company 'Patrizia Cinematografica' he founded together with Diego Spadaro. In 1984, he adopted his stage name Luca Damiano and directed and pro...

Acting

1999

Guardami

as Luca

2002

Penocchio

as Geppetto

1973

The Boss

as Cinema Spectator (uncredited)

1996

Wild East

as Franco

1996

Orient Express

as The Person Robbed

1995

1995

Snow White and 7 Dwarfs

as The King Father

1997

Cindy

as Bailiff (as Luca Damiano)

1975

Production

1995

1984

1995

1998

Napoleon XXX

as Director

1997

2000

1994

1972

Caliber 9

as First Assistant Director

1996

Viaggio Di Nozze

as Director

1968

All the Gold in the World

as First Assistant Director

1971

Why

as First Assistant Director

1996

1996

Lunch Party

as Producer

1998

Magic Perversion

as Director

1996

1995

2000

Lingerie

as Director

1996

Orient Express

as Director

1975

1997

Cindy

as Director

1998

Anaxtasia

as Director

1999

Clausura

as Writer

1999

Clausura

as Director

1994

Spiando Simona

as Director

2002

Penocchio

as Director

1993

1975

The Schoolgirl

as Director

1975

1975

The Schoolgirl

as Screenplay

1996

Gypsy Seduction

as Director

1997

1984

Pin Pon

as Director

1994

1984

Swoosie

as Director

1973

The Boss

as Assistant Director

1984

Nest of Love

as Director

1998

Love and Pain

as Director

1972

The Italian Connection

as Assistant Director

1998

Love and Pain

as Writer

1974

Shoot First, Die Later

as First Assistant Director

1998

Lili

as Director

1997

Gamiani

as Director

1984

Fashion Love

as Director

1975

Loaded Guns

as Assistant Director

1981

1997

Whore House

as Director

1997

Whore House

as Writer

1971

Slaughter Hotel

as Assistant Director

1994

Marquis de Sade

as Director

1999

Luxury Nurse

as Director

1996

1997

Fucking Instinct

as Director

1984

Wendee

as Director

1996

Torero

as Thanks

1996

School Girls

as Director

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