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Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervisor. De Martino's films as a director specialised in wellcrafted knock-offs of Hollywood hit films.[1] These films were specifically created films in Western, horror and mythology genres which were developed for the international market.[1] The Telegraph stated that his best known of these film was probably The Antichrist.[1] The Antichrist capitalized on the box-office appeal of The Exorcist (1973) and in its first week in the United States earned a greater box office than Jaws.[1]

Alberto De Martino
Born	(1929-06-12)12 June 1929 Rome, Italy
Died	2 June 2015(2015-06-02) (aged 85) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1959–1985

Life and career

Alberto De Martino was born on 12 June 1929 in Rome.[1] De Martino was the son of a film make-up artist.[2] He started his career as a child actor.[2]

On attending University, De Martino studied law.[1] Martino returned to a career in cinema working as an editor, screenwriter and as an assistant director.[1] Martino stated he was encouraged to be a director by Federico Fellini for whom he supervised the dubbing for La Dolce Vita.[1] De Martino was also very active in the field of dubbing, and he was dubbing director for more than 1,500 films.[2]

De Martino was one of the active directors in the Italian genre cinema between 1960s and mid-1980s; his films spanned different genres, including Spaghetti Western, poliziotteschi, Peplum films and horror.[2][3] A real life friend of Sergio Leone, he was second unit director in Duck, You Sucker![3] He was often credited as Martin Herbert.[2][3]

In 1980, De Martino nearly lost his home when his film The Pumaman failed at the box office.[1] Pumaman was followed by a few more films concluding his career with Miami Golem.[1]

He died in Rome on 2 June 2015 at the age of 85.[1][4][5]

Selected filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.

Title	Year	Credited as				Notes	Ref(s)
		Director	Screenwriter	Screen story writer	Other
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal	1937				Yes	Actor as "Son of Scipio"	[6]
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete	1960				Yes	Assistant director	[7]
The Invincible Gladiator	1961	Yes	Yes		Yes	producer	[8][9]
Gladiators 7	1962		Yes	Yes			[10][11]
Medusa Against the Son of Hercules	1963	Yes	Yes				[12][13]
The Blancheville Monster		Yes					[14]
Gli invincibili sette [it]		Yes	Yes	Yes			[12][15]
Gladiators Seven	1964	Yes	Yes				[16]
The Triumph of Hercules	—	Yes					[17]
100.000 dollari per Ringo	1965	Yes	Yes	Yes			[18][19]
Heroes of Fort Worth	—	Yes					[20]
The Spy with Ten Faces	1966	Yes	Yes				[21]
Special Mission Lady Chaplin		Yes					[22][23]
Django Shoots First		Yes					[24][25]
Dirty Heroes	1967	Yes	Yes				[26]
O.K. Connery		Yes					[27]
Roma come Chicago	1968	Yes	Yes				[28]
Carnal Circuit	1969	Yes	Yes				[29][30]
The Man with Icy Eyes	—	Yes					[31]
Crime Boss	1972	Yes					[32]
The Killer Is on the Phone	—	Yes	Yes	Yes			[33][34]
Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?	—	Yes					[35]
Counselor at Crime	1973	Yes	Yes	Yes			[36]
The Antichrist	1974	Yes	Yes	Yes			[37][38]
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room	1976	Yes					[39]
Holocaust 2000	—	Yes	Yes	Yes			[40]
The Pumaman	1980	Yes		Yes			[41][42]
Formula for a Murder	—	Yes	Yes	Yes			[43]
Miami Golem	—	Yes					[44]

References

Footnotes

Sources

External links

• Alberto De Martino at IMDb
• Alberto De Martino at AllMovie

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