Salvatore Di Silvestro, best known as Rino Di Silvestro (30 January 1932 - 3 October 2009) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Di Silvestro became first known thanks to Op bop pop nip, a piece he wrote, directed and starred, which was continuously represented at the Teatro delle Muse in Rome from 1962 to 1966.[1] After having collaborated uncredited to the screenplays of a number of genre films, in 1973 he made his debut as director with Women in Cell Block 7, a film which his regarded as the first Italian women in prison film.[1][2]

Selected filmography

• Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)
• Prostituzione (1974)
• Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976)
• Werewolf Woman (1976)
• Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park (1984)
• The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra (1985)

References

External links

• Rino Di Silvestro at IMDb

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