Guido Malatesta

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-10-02 (51 years old)

Deathday

1970-06-14

Place of Birth

Gallarate, Lombardy, Italy

Guido Malatesta

Biography

Guido Malatesta was an Italian screenwriter and film director active from the 1950s to the early 1970s. He began his career as a screenwriter, contributing to various Italian films before transitioning to directing. Malatesta directed numerous genre films, including peplum, adventure, and Spaghetti Westerns. His notable works include Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960), Fury of Achilles (1962), and Django's Cut Price Corpses (1971). Malatesta's films are characterized by their action sequences and adherence to genre conventions, contributing to the popularity of Italian genre cinema during his active years.

Production

1964

The Slave Merchants

as Screenplay

1954

Human Torpedoes

as Script Supervisor

1954

Barrier of the Law

as Screenplay

1966

1966

1970

1970

1965

Lone and Angry Man

as Screenplay

1960

1959

1963

Sign of Zorro

as Writer

1963

1957

1956

Guaglione

as Story

1956

Guaglione

as Screenplay

1956

1965

1963

Catherine of Russia

as Screenplay

1969

1969

1965

1965

Fire Over Rome

as Director

1958

1967

Mission Phantom

as Director

1967

Mission Phantom

as Screenplay

1960

1965

1966

1968

1968

Son of Black Eagle

as Screenplay

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