Ottavio Alessi | |
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Born | Cammarata, Italy | 1 January 1919
Died | 28 April 1978 | (aged 59)
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter Director |
Ottavio Alessi (1 January 1919 - 28 April 1978) was an Italian screenwriter, producer and film director.
Born in Cammarata, Province of Agrigento, Alessi entered the film industry in 1940 as an assistant director.[1] In 1945 he started an intense career as a screenwriter, alternating between genre films and art films and collaborating with Pietro Germi, Franco Rossi, Folco Quilici and Luciano Salce, among others. He also directed two films in the 1960s.[1]