Tanio Boccia

Tanio Boccia
Born	4 April 1912 Potenza, Italy
Died	1 August 1982 (aged 70) Rome, Italy
Years active	1960s

Camillo Tanio Boccia (1912–1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter active in the 1960s.

Born in Potenza, Boccia directed 16 films in his career and was often credited as Amerigo Anton. He is best known for his work in the adventure film genre, many of them historical adventure films particularly in the early 1960s with films such as Caesar the Conqueror (1962), Samson Against the Pirates (1963) and Hercules of the Desert (1964).

In 1965 he directed the spy adventure Agente X 1-7 operación Océano.

He died in Rome.

Selected filmography

• The Conqueror of the Orient (1960)
• Terror of the Steppes (1964)
• Kill the Wicked! (1967)

External links and sources

• Tanio Boccia at the Internet Movie Database