Piero Regnoli

Piero Regnoli
Born	1921
Died	2001 (aged 79–80) Rome, Italy
Other names	Dean Craig[1]
Occupation	Screenwriter, film director
Years active	1953 - 1994

Piero Regnoli (1921–2001) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Born in 1921, Regnoli worked in the film industry between 1953 and 1991 where he wrote over 100 screenplays and directed 11 films.^[2] Regnoli's work ranged from sword-and-sandal films, westerns, horror and sexy comedies.^[2] His final film as a director was Cerentola e la Principessa sul Pisello in 1974.^[3]

Regnoli was also employed as the film critic for the Vatican's daily newspaper L'Osservatore Romano.^[2] Regnoli died in 2001.^[2]

Selected filmography

Title	Year	Credited as				Notes	Ref(s)
		Director	Screenplay	Story	Other
It's Never Too Late	1953		Yes				[4]
I Vampiri	1957		Yes	Yes	Yes	Acting role as Mr. Bourgeois; Assistant director	[5]
Anche l'inferno trema	1958	Yes					[6]
The Playgirls and the Vampire	1960	Yes	Yes	Yes			[7]
I'll See You in Hell	1960	Yes	Yes				[8]
Maciste in King Solomon's Mines	1964	Yes	Yes				[3]
Navajo Joe	1966		Yes				[9]
The Hills Run Red	1966		Yes				[10]
The Third Eye	1968		Yes				[1]
Sette baschi rossi	1969		Yes				[11]
Gangster's Law	1969		Yes				[12]
Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman	1971		Yes				[13]
And They Smelled the Strange, Exciting, Dangerous Scent of Dollars	1973		Yes				[14]
White Fang	1973		Yes				[15][16]
Cry of a Prostitute	1974		Yes				[17]
Cerentola e la Principessa sul Pisello	1974	Yes					[3]
Season for Assassins	1975		Yes	Yes			[18]
Honor and "Guapparia"	1977		Yes				[19]
Naples ... the Camorra Defies, the City Replies	1979		Yes				[20]
Malabimba	1979		Yes				[21]
The New Godfathers	1979		Yes				[22][23]
Your Life for My Son	1980		Yes				[24]
Nightmare City	1980		Yes				[25]
Patrick Still Lives	1980		Yes				[26]
Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror	1981		Yes				[27][28]
The Sword of the Barbarians	1983		Yes				[29]
The Bronx Executioner	1989		Yes				[30]
Demonia	1990		Yes			Feature length episode of the television program La Casa del Terror	[31]
Voices from Beyond	1991		Yes			Feature length episode of the television program La Casa del Terror	[15]
The Smile of the Fox	1992		Yes				[32]
Hot Laps	1993		Yes				[21]
La ragazza di cortina	1994		Yes				[33]

• Salt in the Wound (1969)
• The Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia (1982)

Notes

1. Curti 2015, p. 168.
2. Curti 2015, p. 57.
3. Paul 2004, p. 312.
4. Glavin 2003, p. 208.
5. Curti 2015, p. 21.
6. "Anche l'inferno trema (1958)". British Film Institute. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
7. Curti 2015, p. 56.
8. Paul 2004, p. 313.
9. Hilger 2015, p. 234.
10. "Un fiume di dollari (1966)". British Film Institute. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
11. "Sette baschi rossi (1969)". British Film Institute. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
12. Curti 2013, p. 28.
13. "Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman". The New York Times.
14. Pitts 2012, p. 91.
15. Paul 2004, p. 141.
16. Pitts 2012, p. 395.
17. Curti 2013, p. 109.
18. Curti 2013, p. 148.
19. Curti 2013, p. 227.
20. Curti 2013, p. 265.
21. Paul 2004, p. 242.
22. Curti 2013, p. 266.
23. Curti 2013, p. 267.
24. Curti 2013, p. 279.
25. Paul 2004, p. 154.
26. Paul 2004, p. 292.
27. Paul 2004, p. 243.
28. Kay 2008, p. 118.
29. Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999. ISBN 8820029197.
30. "Il giustiziere del bronx (1989)". British Film Institute. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
31. Paul 2004, p. 136.
32. Paul 2004, p. 298.
33. "La ragazza di cortina (1994)". British Film Institute. Retrieved October 31, 2015.

References

• Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.
• Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1989-7.
• Glavin, John (2003). Dickens on Screen. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521001242.
• Kay, Glenn (2008). Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1569766835.
• Paul, Louis (2004). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8749-3.
• Pitts, Michael R. (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films (2 ed.). McFarland. ISBN 0786463724.
• Hilger, Michael (2015). Native Americans in the Movies: Portrayals from Silent Films to the Present (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 1442240024.

External links

• Piero Regnoli at the Internet Movie Database