Steno

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-01-19 (71 years old)

Deathday

1988-03-13

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Steno

Biography

Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Two of his films, Un giorno in pretura (1954) and Febbre da cavallo (1976), were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.

Acting

Production

1972

Execution Squad

as Screenplay

1972

1980

1980

Flatfoot in Egypt

as Screenplay

1973

1975

1975

1978

1982

Banana Joe

as Screenplay

1982

Banana Joe

as Director

1950

1954

1959

1959

The Overtaxed

as Screenplay

1948

Fifa e arena

as Story

1952

Totó in color

as Screenplay

1952

Totó in color

as Director

1959

Toto in Madrid

as Director

1951

Cops and Robbers

as Director

1960

Letto a tre piazze

as Screenplay

1960

1976

Horse Fever

as Director

1947

Two Little Orphans

as Screenplay

1963

1956

Nero's Mistress

as Screenplay

1982

1965

The Dolls

as Story

1952

1948

Toto Tours Italy

as Screenplay

1956

Nero's Mistress

as Director

1954

A Day in Court

as Director

1958

1968

1959

The Overtaxed

as Director

1955

Piccola posta

as Director

1983

Magic Touch

as Director

1983

Magic Touch

as Screenplay

1967

1962

Totò diabolicus

as Director

1954

1979

Hot Potato

as Director

1979

Hot Potato

as Screenplay

1980

Prickly Pears

as Director

1963

Two Colonels

as Director

1958

1972

Execution Squad

as Director

1957

1977

Double Murder

as Director

1985

Sue Me

as Writer

1985

Sue Me

as Director

1957

1964

1964

Twins from Texas

as Director

1963

1965

Wrong Beds

as Director

1959

1970

Basta guardarla

as Screenplay

1981

1974

Policewoman

as Director

1966

1976

Italy is Rotten

as Director

1976

Italy is Rotten

as Screenplay

1978

My Loves

as Director

1953

The Unfaithfuls

as Director

1964

Beautiful Families

as Screenplay

1961

Psycosissimo

as Director

1988

1953

1953

1947

How I Lost the War

as Screenplay

1945

1950

1980

Speed Cross

as Story

1948

Les Misérables

as Screenplay

1942

Quarta pagina

as Screenplay

1986

1945

Vivere ancora

as Screenplay

1939

1949

The Iron Swordsman

as Screenplay

1962

1970

Transplant

as Screenplay

1970

Transplant

as Director

1969

The Archangel

as Screenplay

1966

1961

Psycosissimo

as Story

1961

Psycosissimo

as Screenplay

1973

1948

L'eroe della strada

as Screenplay

1949

Lure of the Sila

as Screenplay

1949

1952

1952

Vendetta... sarda

as Screenplay

1945

In High Places

as Screenplay

1951

My Heart Sings

as Screenplay

1951

1940

Abandonment

as Screenplay

1940

Abandonment

as Writer

1942

1972

1952

The Lucky Five

as Screenplay

1980

Speed Cross

as Screenplay

1971

Mafia Things

as Director

1942

Labbra serrate

as Screenplay

1950

Outlaw Girl

as Story

1943

1949

Fame and the Devil

as Screenplay

1949

1954

Sins of Casanova

as Screenplay

1958

1953

1950

A Dog’s Life

as Director

1960

1964

1976

Horse Fever

as Screenplay

1949

1980

Prickly Pears

as Screenplay

1971

Mafia Things

as Screenplay

1971

Mafia Things

as Story

1963

1963

Heroes of the West

as Screenplay

1949

1982

An Ideal Adventure

as Screenplay

1955

1955

Piccola posta

as Screenplay

1954

Sins of Casanova

as Director

1951

Damn the Taxes!!

as Screenplay

1951

1962

1950

The Knight is Here

as Screenplay

1950

A Dog’s Life

as Screenplay

1950

1951

Cops and Robbers

as Screenplay

1952

Toto and the Women

as Screenplay

1945

Life Begins Anew

as Screenplay

1947

1954

1948

Fifa e arena

as Screenplay

1940

Il pirata sono io!

as Screenplay

1939

Lo vedi come sei...lo vedi come sei?

as First Assistant Director

1940

Il pirata sono io!

as First Assistant Director

1945

1948

1951

1940

1940

Non me lo dire!

as Screenplay

1951

O.K. Nero

as Story

1954

1947

1964

1941

Luce nelle tenebre

as Assistant Director

1953

The Unfaithfuls

as Screenplay

1958

My Police Granny

as Director

1950

1948

1966

1950

L'inafferrabile 12

as Screenplay

1953

1952

1966

Pleasant Nights

as Screenplay

1960

1976

1952

1960

We Like It Cold

as Director

1960

1951

1951

O.K. Nero

as Screenplay

1966

The Invincible

as Director

1951

Napoleone

as Screenplay

1951

Napoleone

as Story

1966

1966

1979

1946

Aquila Nera

as Screenplay

1958

1958

Totò in the Moon

as Screenplay

1977

Double Murder

as Screenplay

1950

Soho Conspiracy

as Original Story

1954

A Day in Court

as Screenplay

1959

Uncle Was a Vampire

as Screenplay

1948

1954

An American in Rome

as Screenplay

1998

Big Man: Diva

as Director

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