Antonio Margheriti

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-09-19 (72 years old)

Deathday

2002-11-04

Place of Birth

Rome, Italy

Antonio Margheriti

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died in 2002 from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72. Margheriti started out in the Italian film industry in 1956 as a screenwriter. He started directing in 1960, his first film being "Spacemen" (aka "Assignment Outer Space"). Margheriti is known for his science fiction, horror, spaghetti western and action movies. He was the director of such cult movies as Cannibal Apocalypse, Castle of Blood, The Virgin o...

Acting

1981

Car Crash

as Racing Official (uncredited)

2002

'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux

as Inspector (uncredited)

Production

1971

Duck, You Sucker

as Special Effects

1961

1980

1963

The Fall of Rome

as Director

1964

Castle of Blood

as Director

1989

1967

Snow Devils

as Director

1966

1979

Killer Fish

as Director

1974

1974

Manone il ladrone

as Screenplay

1975

Take a Hard Ride

as Director

1997

Virtual Weapon

as Director

1971

1963

Horror Castle

as Director

1966

Lightning Bolt

as Director

1964

1980

The Last Hunter

as Director

1964

1985

Jungle Raiders

as Director

1970

1970

1966

1984

1974

1968

Vengeance

as Director

1968

Vengeance

as Screenplay

1962

The Golden Arrow

as Director

1982

Tiger Joe

as Director

1983

The Last Blood

as Director

1973

Flesh for Frankenstein

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1976

Death Rage

as Director

1988

The Commander

as Director

1985

Commando Leopard

as Director

1966

1964

Giants of Rome

as Director

1967

Dynamite Joe

as Director

1984

1970

1958

Legs of Gold

as Screenplay

1978

The Squeeze

as Director

1969

1969

The Unnaturals

as Director

1975

Lo sgarbo

as Screenplay

1963

Horror Castle

as Screenplay

1967

Mission Stardust

as Special Effects

1958

A Sailor's Promises

as Co-Director

1958

A Sailor's Promises

as Screenplay

1981

Car Crash

as Director

1981

Car Crash

as Special Effects

1991

1973

Flesh for Frankenstein

as Makeup Effects

1989

Indio

as Director

1964

1964

Mondo Inferno

as Director

1962

War Gods of Babylon

as Second Unit Director

1980

Cannibal Apocalypse

as Screenplay

1958

Legs of Gold

as Story

1971

Web of the Spider

as Screenplay

1963

1963

The Fall of Rome

as Screenplay

1990

The Black Cobra 3

as Special Effects

1979

The Humanoid

as Special Effects Supervisor

1968

I Love You

as Screenplay

1968

I Love You

as Story

1968

I Love You

as Director

1972

1974

Blood for Dracula

as Assistant Director

1966

1983

1966

1958

Legs of Gold

as Co-Director

1974

1973

Flesh for Frankenstein

as Second Unit Director

1972

1968

Naked You Die

as Director

1968

Naked You Die

as Screenplay

1967

Snow Devils

as Associate Producer

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