Aldo Lado

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-12-05 (89 years old)

Deathday

2023-11-25

Place of Birth

Fiume, Istria, Italy [now Rijeka, Croatia]

Aldo Lado

Biography

Aldo Lado was born in Fiume, Italy (today Rijeka, Croatia) on 5 December 1934. Lado came up through the film industry as an assistant director, notably to Bernardo Bertolucci on The Conformist (1970). After writing the story for the 1971 giallo The Designated Victim, he made his directorial debut later that year with Short Night of Glass Dolls. Lado took the job after two previous directors, Maurizio Lucidi and Antonio Margheriti, fell through. The film was a success, and he followed it with another giallo, Who Saw Her Die?. Lado's subsequent films were in a variety of genres, including drama (Woman Buried Alive, The Cousin), romance (La co...

Acting

1992

Circle of Fear

as Bearded Cop Talking to Photo Anyalist (uncredited)

1982

Mora

as Père d'Aline

Production

1976

Born Winner

as Screenplay

1976

Born Winner

as Director

1980

1980

Day of the Cobra

as Screenplay

1975

1979

The Humanoid

as Director

1992

Circle of Fear

as Director

1972

1972

La cosa buffa

as Director

1981

Disobedience

as Screenplay

1981

Disobedience

as Director

1974

The Cousin

as Director

1971

1990

Ritual of Love

as Screenplay

1990

Ritual of Love

as Director

1972

La cosa buffa

as Screenplay

1975

2012

1979

The Humanoid

as Writer

1972

2012

1978

Il prigioniero

as Director

1992

Circle of Fear

as Screenplay

1971

Million Dollar Eel

as First Assistant Director

1987

Sahara Heat

as Director

1987

Sahara Heat

as Writer

1994

Power and Lovers

as Director

1994

1968

Cry of Death

as Story

1968

Cry of Death

as Screenplay

1997

Marquise

as Line Producer

1980

1993

Dark Friday

as Director

1993

Dark Friday

as Writer

1972

Who Saw Her Die?

as Director

1973

1973

Woman Buried Alive

as Screenplay

1967

Colt in the Hand of the Devil

as Assistant Director

1971

The Designated Victim

as Assistant Director

1994

Farinelli

as Executive Producer

1970

The Conformist

as First Assistant Director

1971

1990

1994

2005

2005

1983

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