Ottavio Alessi

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-01-01 (87 years old)

Deathday

2006-10-05

Place of Birth

Cammarata, Sicily, Italy

Ottavio Alessi

Biography

Ottavio Alessi was an Italian screenwriter, producer, and film director whose career spanned from the 1940s to the 1970s. Born in Cammarata, Sicily, he entered the film industry in 1940 as an assistant director. By 1945, Alessi had transitioned to screenwriting, contributing to both genre and art films. He collaborated with notable directors such as Pietro Germi, Franco Rossi, Folco Quilici, and Luciano Salce. Alessi directed two films in the 1960s: What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? (1964), a parody of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, and Top Sensation (1969). His screenwriting credits include The Testimony (1946), Amici per la pelle (1955)...

Acting

1956

Noi siamo le colonne

as Ottavio Battipaglia, lo studente meridionale

1971

Production

1970

The Snake God

as Writer

1978

1969

The Seducers

as Director

1961

Odissea nuda

as Writer

1967

1975

Fratello mare

as Writer

1972

1956

Noi siamo le colonne

as First Assistant Director

1948

L'isola de Montecristo

as Assistant Director

1962

1940

The Sinner

as Assistant Director

1954

The Seducer

as First Assistant Director

1956

Altair

as First Assistant Director

1961

The Mongols

as Story

1961

The Mongols

as Screenplay

1957

1966

1984

Cinderella '80

as Screenplay

1977

The Rip-Off

as Writer

1955

1977

Emanuelle in America

as Original Story

1959

1969

The Seducers

as Screenplay

1950

1970

Bali

as Story

1970

Bali

as Writer

1943

Gli ultimi filibustieri

as Assistant Director

1946

The Testimony

as Writer

1955

A Woman Alone

as Writer

1965

La ragazzola

as Writer

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