Antonio Leonviola

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-05-13 (82 years old)

Deathday

1995-08-04

Place of Birth

Montagnana, Veneto, Italy

Antonio Leonviola

Biography

Antonio Leonviola, born Antonio Leone Viola, was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He began his career in 1934, winning a gold medal at the Venice Film Festival for his silent film Fiera di tipi, which he shot at a fair in Padua. During World War II, he worked as a war photographer, an experience that influenced his short films such as La battaglia dell'Amba Alagi and La marcia degli eroi. After the war, Leonviola directed several films, including Rita da Cascia (1942) and The Temptress (1951). In the 1960s, he directed mythological peplum films like Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops (1961) and Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (19...

Production

1976

Evil Thoughts

as Screenplay

1954

Human Torpedoes

as Director

1963

1950

Outlaw Girl

as Story

1958

Angel in a Taxi

as Director

1962

1969

1968

The Young Tigers

as Director

1968

The Young Tigers

as Screenplay

1963

Taur the Mighty

as Director

1951

The Two Truths

as Screenplay

1943

Rita da Cascia

as Director

1953

1963

Taur the Mighty

as Screenplay

1951

The Two Truths

as Director

1969

1953

Noi cannibali

as Director

1958

1969

Unknown Woman

as Screenplay

1970

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