Paolo Heusch

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-02-26 (58 years old)

Deathday

1982-10-16

Place of Birth

Rome, Italy

Paolo Heusch

Biography

Paolo Heusch (26 February 1924 – 16 October 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Heush started his career immediately after the World War II as a script supervisor. Between 1949 and 1957 he was active as an assistant director for over twenty films. After directing a number of documentaries, he made his feature film debut in 1958 with The Day the Sky Exploded, the first science fiction film produced in Italy. His third film as a director was Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory. He was then asked to co-direct Violent Life. based on Pier Paolo Pasolini's novel of the same name. He was hired by producer Moris Ergas to d...

Production

1970

Bali

as Director

1963

The Commandant

as Director

1955

Le signorine dello 04

as First Assistant Director

1954

A Day in Court

as Second Assistant Director

1948

Escape to France

as Script Supervisor

1949

Campane a martello

as Script Supervisor

1962

Violent Life

as Screenplay

1962

Violent Life

as Director

1948

Under the Sun of Rome

as Script Supervisor

1965

1959

Un uomo facile

as Director

1954

Passionately

as First Assistant Director

1953

Perdonami!

as First Assistant Director

1953

Siamo tutti inquilini

as Second Assistant Director

1968

1951

Anna

as First Assistant Director

1949

The Emperor of Capri

as First Assistant Director

1955

Roman Tales

as First Assistant Director

1949

The Mill on the Po

as Script Supervisor

1950

The White Line

as Script Supervisor

1952

Sunday Heroes

as First Assistant Director

1957

Holiday Island

as First Assistant Director

1949

Sicilian Uprising

as First Assistant Director

1951

Il microfono è vostro

as First Assistant Director

1955

Il padrone sono me

as First Assistant Director

1950

The Promise

as First Assistant Director

1957

The Most Wonderful Moment

as First Assistant Director

1954

The Two Orphans

as First Assistant Director

1953

I Always Loved You

as First Assistant Director

1979

Caligula

as Casting Director

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